Critical state behavior of a compacted silt specimen

• Main Authors: Trinh Minh Thu, Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101431; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7351
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Shear strength of unsaturated soil is commonly obtained from a consolidated drained (CD) triaxial test. However in many field situations, fill materials are compacted where the excess pore-air pressure developed during compaction will dissipate instantaneously, but the excess pore-water pressure wil...