The undrained behaviour of clayey sands in triaxial compression and extension

The Paper describes an experimental investigation of the stress-strain behaviour of anisotropically consolidated clayey sands, carried out using instrumented and computer-controlled triaxial cells. The specimens were prepared by sedimenting Ham river sand into a kaolin suspension. For a given granular void ratio, as the clay content of the sedi-mented clayey sands increases from 4-6 to 10%, the undrained brittleness and strains to phase transformation also increase, when the specimens are sheared in compression. When sheared in extension, liquefaction takes place for clay contents up to 7-5%. Increases in granular void ratio give rise to increased brittleness and potential to liquefaction. The effects of overconsolidation on strength and stiffness characteristics have been examined. The effective stress paths for undrained shear of the normally consolidated soil form a boundary for the effective stress paths for the lightly overconsolidated soil. L'article decrit une etude experimentale, effectuee a l'aid...