DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING

(NITK)

LAB SUBMISSION ON
OBLIQUE SHEAR TEST

Submitted By
Ankesh Pandey
(181MN002)

Submitted To
Dr. Sandi Kumar Reddy
AIM
To determine Cohesive Strength and Angle of Internal Friction of the given rock sample
by oblique shear test

APPARATUS
● Compression Testing Machine
● Dies for Determining Shear Strength
● Vernier Calliper

FORMULA USED
Shear Stress is given by

Normal Stress is given by

Where,
P = load at failure
A = cross-sectional area of the specimen
$$\alpha$$ = angle at which load is applied to horizontal

PROCEDURE
1. The specimen in the oblique die is placed in such a way that it passes through the
center of the die. Then we place the whole assembly carefully on the platform of
the compression testing machine in between the two platens of the machine.

2. Then the machine is kept in run mode and apply uniform and gradual load of 0.5
kN/sec on the specimen until it fails

3. The load at which specimen fails is recorded

4. Above procedure is repeated for all the specimens

OBSERVATION
Table 1 : Observation Table

Sr . Diameter Length Area Angle Load at Shear

No (cm) (cm) (cm^2) (degrees) Failure Strengt
(kN) h (x)

1 4.67 11.67 17.12 60 50 1.46

2 4.69 11.70 17.27 50 37 1.37

3 4.72 11.73 17.49 35 32 1.49

4 4.73 11.75 17.57 30 34 1.67

Average Shear Strength, =

Table 2 - Statistical Analysis

Specimen No Shear Strength

(X)

1 1.46 -0.03 0.0009

2 1.37 -0.12 0.0144

3 1.49 0.0 0.0

4 1.67 0.17 0.0289

Standard Deviation :
Variance :

RESULT
The Shear Strength of the given Rock sample is 1.49 kN/cm^2.