HIGHWAY MATERIALS SOIL

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Od Pi appliedload

= deviator stress.

3 (+) value of c
Od culating the corrected

Afte
rrc a l c u

O3 03 r i a r i a l
test

0pes
of
Basic behaviour ofthe soil specimen duri
The the test
allowed
during
drainage
slow tests are those in
or
,(+o) Drauned tests both stresses, o3
of bo
application
the
Od durng
pressure,
under the confining
nsoljdate
Fig. 6.6 Stress condition in triaxial test increased
s slowly tha no significant
ard
test.
the
under
IS
-
undrained test or consc
consolidated
In
under the confining pressure
i allowed
w h e n the deviator stre
is permitted
drainage
or quick test, no drainage
In undrained
the confining
prevented be fore applying fails. E
deviator stress until the specimen
throughout the test.

In pavements the load applied are mo

NORMAL STRESS,
-
drainage cannot take place in the subgrade
thesubgrade under the pavement, it may
o,=(q+0)
cqur alent confining pressure before tl
Fig.6.7 Mohr's envelope from triaxial test results consolidated quick test is justified for
Correction for area of cross section designed for sustained loading conditions
the possibility of
drainage in the subgrade
In is necessary to correct the stress value for the increased area of cross sec
to the deformation o fthe specimen due to loading. The corected value of Interpretation of results of triaxial test
stress 1s found with the assumption that the volume of the specimen remais ut Besides values of C and o, the behavia
and the area of cross section of the specimen is uniformly increased from the 3dged from the stress-strain relationship a
value of A, to Aj due to load P1 seldom indicate a straight portion even at
pOs516le to interpret the strength of soil i
Volume= Alo= A =Aj (lo- A). NC Case of various structural materials.
There fore the deviator stress od is uEToTmation' of the soil is used. The mo
given by: ain at an
arbitrary point on the stressSs
anticipated
välue stress
of deformation. in the subgrade uns
Od
A Ao A As an
C example, if the
anticipated stress
modulus of
1-3) deformation
of p kg cm, in the triaxialequal
Od eSs is to P

Here Ao. test.

Alterna modulus
total deformation of the specimen (% allow able of deformation
-)
=

valu of deformation, ô
unit strain ll Test and comor

by noting the correspondit

Ao original area of cross
section