Transcript Slide 1

Kuat Geser Tanah
(Shear Strength)
(Source : CIL-610 Foundation Engineering)
oleh:
A. Adhe Noor PSH, ST., MT
Staf Pengajar Program Studi Teknik Sipil
Jurusan Teknik Fakultas Sains dan Teknik
Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
Strength of different
materials
Steel
Tensile
strength
Concrete
Soil
Compressive
strength
Shear
strength
Complex
behavior
Presence of pore water
Shear failure of soils
Soils generally fail in shear
Embankment
Strip footing
Failure surface
Mobilized shear
resistance
At failure, shear stress along the failure surface
(mobilized shear resistance) reaches the shear strength.
Shear failure of soils
Soils generally fail in shear
Retaining
wall
Shear failure of soils
Soils generally fail in shear
Retaining
wall
Mobilized
shear
resistance
Failure
surface
At failure, shear stress along the failure surface
(mobilized shear resistance) reaches the shear strength.
Shear failure mechanism
failure surface
The soil grains slide
over each other along
the failure surface.
No crushing of
individual grains.
Shear failure mechanism
At failure, shear stress along the failure surface ()
reaches the shear strength (f).
Mohr-Coulomb
Failure
(in terms of total stresses)
Criterion

 f  c   tan

Friction angle
Cohesion
f
c


f is the maximum shear stress the soil can take without
failure, under normal stress of .
Mohr-Coulomb
Failure
(in terms of effective stresses)
Criterion

 f  c' ' tan '
 '  u
’
Effective
cohesion
f
c’
’
u = pore water
pressure
Effective
friction angle
’
f is the maximum shear stress the soil can take without
failure, under normal effective stress of ’.
Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criterion
Shear strength consists of two
components: cohesive and frictional.

 f  c' ' f tan '
f
’
c’
’f tan ’
frictional
component
c’
’f
'
c and  are measures of shear strength.
Higher the values, higher the shear strength.
Determination of shear strength parameters of
soils (c,  or c’, ’)
Laboratory
tests
on
specimens
taken
from
representative undisturbed
samples
Most common laboratory tests
to determine the shear strength
parameters are,
1.Direct shear test
2.Triaxial shear test
Other laboratory tests include,
Direct simple shear test, torsional
ring shear test, plane strain triaxial
test, laboratory vane shear test,
laboratory fall cone test
Field tests
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Vane shear test
Torvane
Pocket penetrometer
Fall cone
Pressuremeter
Static cone penetrometer
Standard penetration test
Laboratory tests
Field conditions
A representative
soil sample
z
vc
hc
hc
vc
Before construction
vc + D
hc
hc
vc + D
After and during
construction
z
vc + D
Laboratory tests
Simulating field conditions
in the laboratory
vc
0
0
0
hc
0
Representative
soil
sample
taken from the
site
hc
hc
vc + D
vc
hc
vc


vc
Step 1
Set the specimen in
the apparatus and
apply the initial
stress condition
Step 2
Apply
the
corresponding field
stress conditions
Direct shear test
Schematic diagram of the direct shear apparatus
Direct shear test
Direct shear test is most suitable for consolidated drained tests
specially on granular soils (e.g.: sand) or stiff clays
Preparation of a sand specimen
Porous
plates
Components of the shear box
Preparation of a sand specimen
Direct shear test
Preparation of a sand specimen
Leveling the top surface
of specimen
Pressure plate
Specimen preparation
completed
Direct shear test
Test procedure
P
Steel ball
Pressure plate
Porous
plates
S
Proving ring
to measure
shear force
Step 1: Apply a vertical load to the specimen and wait for consolidation
Direct shear test
Test procedure
P
Steel ball
Pressure plate
Porous
plates
S
Proving ring
to measure
shear force
Step 1: Apply a vertical load to the specimen and wait for consolidation
Step 2: Lower box is subjected to a horizontal displacement at a constant rate
Direct shear test
Shear box
Dial gauge to
measure vertical
displacement
Proving ring
to measure
shear force
Loading frame to
apply vertical load
Dial
gauge
to
measure horizontal
displacement
Direct shear test
Analysis of test results
Normalforce(P)
  Normalstress 
Area of crosssectionof thesample
Shear resistancedevelopedat thesliding surface (S)
  Shear stress 
Area of crosssectionof thesample
Note: Cross-sectional area of the sample changes with the horizontal
displacement
Direct shear tests on sands
Shear stress, 
Stress-strain relationship
Dense sand/
OC clay
f
f
Loose sand/
NC clay
Expansion
Compression
Change in height
of the sample
Shear displacement
Dense sand/OC Clay
Shear displacement
Loose sand/NC Clay
Direct shear tests on sands
Shear stress, 
How to determine strength parameters c and 
Normal stress = 3
Normal stress = 2
f3
f2
f1
Normal stress = 1
Shear stress at failure, f
Shear displacement
Mohr – Coulomb failure envelope

Normal stress, 
Direct shear tests on sands
Some important facts on strength parameters c and  of sand
Sand is cohesionless
hence c = 0
Direct shear tests are
drained and pore water
pressures
are
dissipated, hence u = 0
Therefore,
’ =  and c’ = c = 0
Direct shear tests on clays
In case of clay, horizontal displacement should be applied at a very
slow rate to allow dissipation of pore water pressure (therefore, one
test would take several days to finish)
Shear stress at failure, f
Failure envelopes for clay from drained direct shear tests
Overconsolidated clay (c’ ≠ 0)
Normally consolidated clay (c’ = 0)
’
Normal force, 
Interface tests on direct shear apparatus
In many foundation design problems and retaining wall problems, it
is required to determine the angle of internal friction between soil
and the structural material (concrete, steel or wood)
P
Soil
S
Foundation material
 f  ca   ' tan
Where,
ca = adhesion,
 = angle of internal friction
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