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dc.contributor.authorShahin, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorCargeeg, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:52:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:52:13Z
dc.date.created2011-09-18T20:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationShahin, Mohamed A. and Cargeeg, Alice. 2011. Experimental Investigation into Multistage versus Conventional Triaxial Compression Tests for a c-phi Soil. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 90-93 (2011): pp. 28-32.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35856
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The procedure for conventional triaxial compression (CTC) test requires three separate soil specimens to be examined to failure under different confining pressures so that Mohr-Coulomb (or stress path) failure envelope can be determined and soil shear strength parameters can be obtained. An alternative procedure is the multi-stage triaxial (MST) compression test, which requires only one soil specimen to be tested at three stages of shearing with different confining pressures. There are several advantages for using MST over CTC, which apart from fewer soil specimens, include less laboratory time consumption and reduced effects of heterogeneity among the specimens tested. However, it has been argued in the literature that the advantages of using MST may be compromised by its inability to obtain reliable soil behavior or accurate shear strength parameters. In this paper, the accuracy of MST compared to CTC is investigated for a c-phi soil, and a simple procedure that can be adopted to rectify the MST results is proposed.

dc.publisherTrans Tech Publications
dc.subjecttriaxial compression
dc.subjectc-phi soil
dc.subjectmultistage
dc.subjectlaboratory experiments
dc.titleExperimental Investigation into Multistage versus Conventional Triaxial Compression Tests for a c-phi Soil
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume90-93
dcterms.source.number2011
dcterms.source.startPage28
dcterms.source.endPage32
dcterms.source.issn1662-7482
dcterms.source.titleApplied Mechanics and Materials
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curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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