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Experiment No. 6 Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Test For Cohesive Soil

The document summarizes a consolidated undrained triaxial test procedure for a cohesive soil sample. A soil cylinder is placed within a rubber membrane inside a water-filled triaxial cell. Cell pressure is applied to the sample to simulate in-situ stresses. Pressure is gradually increased through the piston until the sample fails along a shear plane, revealing shear strength parameters. Test results can predict soil stability and slope failure behavior.

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Experiment No. 6 Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Test For Cohesive Soil

The document summarizes a consolidated undrained triaxial test procedure for a cohesive soil sample. A soil cylinder is placed within a rubber membrane inside a water-filled triaxial cell. Cell pressure is applied to the sample to simulate in-situ stresses. Pressure is gradually increased through the piston until the sample fails along a shear plane, revealing shear strength parameters. Test results can predict soil stability and slope failure behavior.

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Name: Sucgang, Danely C. Yr.

& Section: CE52FB1

Experiment No. 6 CONSOLIDATED UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TEST FOR COHESIVE SOIL

The Tri-Axial test is a widely practiced laboratory method commonly used for testing the shear strength parameters of different soil types under drained or un-drained conditions.

The Tri-axial test involves applying radial and axial stresses or displacements to a cylindrical sample of soil obtained from a particular site. The soil sample is enclosed in a thin rubber membrane and setup vertically between two rigid ends in the pressure chamber, which is then filled with de-aired water and then the axial stress applied gradually digitally.

The pressure within the chamber is controlled by the de-aired water surrounding the sample. The stress capacity of the soil sample within the chamber increases as cell pressure increases.

The volume change in the soil sample is also controlled by measuring the volume of moving water within the chamber.

There are three main types of tri-axial tests that can be carried out on soil samples, depending on the drainage conditions and loading:

Consolidated Consolidated Unconsolidated

Drained Undrained -

(CD) (CU) (UU)

Undrained

The purpose of carrying out an Undrained tri-axial test is to determine the properties of different types of soils under varying strains and stresses.

A cylindrical (column-shaped) sample of soil is contained in a rubber membrane and placed inside the clear Perspex triaxial cell (Figure 1). The cell is filled with water and

the water is given a pressure (the cell pressure). The cell pressure applies a normal stress all around the sample of soil. This pressure represents the in-situ stresses that are present in the ground due to the weight of soil above.

Discussion: The laboratory technician packs loose granular materials in a cylindrical latex sleeve with a flat, circular metal plate across the bottom and top ends, and places the cylinder in a water bath. The water doesn't mix into the sample, but provides consistent pressure along the sides of the cylinder. As the piston pushes downward or upward, it pushes the test sample against the stationary plate on the opposing end of the cylinder. The plate remains stationary during the test as the piston pushes the sample against it.

The laboratory technician continues to apply increasing amounts of pressure through the piston's force on the axial sample until the test cylinder ruptures or fails. Failure results when the axial pressure is so great that lateral sliding regions form near the center of the

cylinder. It first bulges and then breaks or fails. The top of the sample cylinder shifts laterally in one direction, while the bottom region shifts in the opposite direction. This is the failure plane.

As the failure becomes imminent, the soil sample cylinder bulges out at the sides and gets shorter. The test data reveal the fundamental material character or parameters, which indicate the apparent cohesion of the particles in the soil sample and the angle of shearing resistance. Test results predict the soil stability of a slope. Triaxial soil tests are useful in making engineering predictions about slope failure.

Advantages of the triaxial test There are several advantages of the triaxial test over the shear box test for measuring the shear strength of a soil. These include: 1. direct measurement of volume change of saturated soils 2. shear failure occurs on preferred planes in the soil rather than forced on a 3. particular plane as in a shear box 4. more control of parameters, such as pore pressure and normal stress, is possible 5. pore pressure can be measured.

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