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    This lab session document describes conducting a direct shear test to determine the consolidated-drained shear strength of a sandy to silty sand soil sample. The direct shear test procedure involves applying incremental normal stresses to a soil sample in a shear box and measuring the resulting shear stresses until failure. The results are used to calculate the angle of internal friction and apparent cohesion of the soil.

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    This lab session document describes conducting a direct shear test to determine the consolidated-drained shear strength of a sandy to silty sand soil sample. The direct shear test procedure involves applying incremental normal stresses to a soil sample in a shear box and measuring the resulting shear stresses until failure. The results are used to calculate the angle of internal friction and apparent cohesion of the soil.

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    This lab session document describes conducting a direct shear test to determine the consolidated-drained shear strength of a sandy to silty sand soil sample. The direct shear test procedure involves applying incremental normal stresses to a soil sample in a shear box and measuring the resulting shear stresses until failure. The results are used to calculate the angle of internal friction and apparent cohesion of the soil.

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    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Soil Mechanics
    CIVL-340
    Lab Session

    Direct Shear Test

    Eng. Noura Al Tamimi


    Direct Shear Test

    Objective: To determine the consolidated-drained shear strength of a sandy to


    silty sand.
    Significance
    • Determine the shear strength of
    cohesionless soil.

    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-diagram-of-the-direct-shear-box-test_fig2_274654954
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    Direct Shear Test
    Procedure:

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    Direct Shear Test

    Calculations
    Normal Normal
    Shear Stress Shear Stress
    Stress Stress
    psi psi kPa kPa

    70 190

    150 220

    190 280

    • Angle of friction=
    • Apparent cohesion (c) = intercept

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