Shear Strength of Soil (Triaxial Test) Sample Problems


Sample Problems

Triaxial Test

Angle of internal friction of cohesionless soil (November 2018) - GERTC+

Cohesionless specimen. Find the angle of internal friction.

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Axial stress on the specimen (November 2018) - GERTC+

Triaxial test:

  1. angle of internal friction

  2. angle of failure

  3. axial stress

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Confining pressure, cohesion, stress at failure plane- GERTC+

The results of a triaxial test on a cohesive soil is ...

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Direct Shear Test

Shear stress of soil - GERTC+

A dry sand sample is tested in direct shear...

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