Hi everyone, thanks for the helpful comments.
To summarise, we don't always assume the wall will reach limiting state and so before applying the relevant Earth pressure coefficients, it is important to know the approximate deformation that the wall will undergo through its service life?
Also...
Hey everyone:
Trivial question here, but I asked my colleague and didn't get a convincing answer :(
So I've recently started designing a conventional cantilever retaining wall while working through the preliminary calcs, I became aware of the K(active) and K(passive) coefficients that I'm...
Hi GeoEnvGuy, thank-you for referring to the previous post.
As for the straight line in MC theory with the constant effective stress, is that the numerical model derived from using software such as Plaxis? If that's the case, why do we have to use software to derive the shear strength when we...
Hey all:
Probably didn't phrase it properly [surprise]
For a typical Triaxial test, is it possible to determine the shear strength of the entire soil layer lets say 5 meters homogeneous, just by sampling at different depth and interpret a "critical" value from the stress path?
Secondly, I'm...
Hey everyone, is there a reason for calling it "drained behaviour" when the undrained shear strength test forces the sample to fail in an undrained manner? I understand that in the test you can find the effective strength parameters through the pore pressure measured, but excess pore doesn't...
Hey everyone:
For NC clay with stress path shown, after excess pore pressure dissipates, where would the drained shear strength lie? At around the TSP line?
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