Physical Components of the Shear Strength of Saturated Clays.
Abstract
During the period 1933-1936 the writer was engaged in research on the physical properties of clays at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, under the general direction of Professor K. Terzaghi. The results of this research were published as a thesis in 1937, and abstracts thereof were published as conference papers in 1936 and 1938. The writer has had but little opportunity personally to perform additional experimental investigations of the shear strength of clays, and this paper is to a large extent a reevaluation and restatement of some of the results of the above-mentioned research. The paper deals primarily with the physical components of the shear strength of remolded, saturated clays and with the various factors which influence these components. The results of subsequent research by others are taken into consideration and summarized when appropriate, but the paper is not a complete review of the very extensive and important research on shear strength of saturated clays performed during the last twenty years. The sources of error in the tests performed by the writer are discussed, and emphasis is placed on clarification of the assumptions and limitations relating to the conclusions and formerly proposed criteria for the shear strength of saturated clays. New data and illustrations are included, but many figures are copies of simplifications of the original figures in the 1937 publication.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- ADA081410
Entities
People
- M. Juul Hvorslev