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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"drained strength"”.
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An experimental study of hydraulic fracture and erosion
… results suggest that hydraulic fracturing for undrained conditions occurs when the drained strength of the soil element at the edge of a borehole is reached. For fully drained conditions, fracturing occurs when the soil element at the edge of the borehole reaches the no-tension cut-off. A new …
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The performance of diaphragm type cellular cofferdams
… the lowest factor of safety based on the drained strength of the clay on which the cofferdam was constructed. The water level within the river was increased to accommodate flooding and soil strength was reduced to identify the general failure mechanism. The structural forces were …
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Use and Measurement of Fully Softened Shear Strength
The fully softened shear strength was defined by Skempton (1970) as the peak drained shear strength of a clay in a normally consolidated state. All the experience available on the applicability of the fully softened shear strength for slopes is based on back-analyses. Back-analyses of first-time …