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Civ2212 Soil Mechanics Assignment No.2 Shear Strength of Soils

This document provides instructions for Assignment No. 2 on soil mechanics for a civil engineering course. Students are asked to complete readings on the shear strength of soils and work in groups of 10 or fewer. The assignment contains 3 questions: [1] Classify soils based on shear strength and draw Mohr-Coulomb strength envelopes; [2] Compute shear strength on horizontal and vertical planes using a soil profile figure; [3] Analyze stress conditions and failure plane from a triaxial test and predict failure stress from a shear box test using similar conditions.

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Civ2212 Soil Mechanics Assignment No.2 Shear Strength of Soils

This document provides instructions for Assignment No. 2 on soil mechanics for a civil engineering course. Students are asked to complete readings on the shear strength of soils and work in groups of 10 or fewer. The assignment contains 3 questions: [1] Classify soils based on shear strength and draw Mohr-Coulomb strength envelopes; [2] Compute shear strength on horizontal and vertical planes using a soil profile figure; [3] Analyze stress conditions and failure plane from a triaxial test and predict failure stress from a shear box test using similar conditions.

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UNIVERSITY of GUYANA

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY


DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

SEMESTER 11, 2020/21

CIV2212 − SOIL MECHANICS


ASSIGNMENT No.2 − SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS
DUE DATE: SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021

INSTRUCTIONS/INFORMATION:

▪ Complete the core reading on the topic, ‘Shear Strength of Soils’ − Chapter 3: Shear
Strength of Soils; Elements of Soil Mechanics (7E) by G. N. Smith and I. G. N. Smith −
before attempting the assignment.

▪ Work in groups of no more than ten (10) members. On the first page of your submission,
clearly state the question part(s) each group member worked on.
▪ If you are found guilty of plagiarism, you will receive a mark of zero.
▪ No late submission will be taken.

𝐚. How are soils classified on the basis of shear strength? Draw the Mohr-Coulomb
strength envelope and present the shear strength equation for each soil type. [6]

𝐛. A soil profile is shown in Figure 𝑄-𝑏. Compute the shear strength on the horizontal
and vertical planes at points 𝐴 and 𝐵. [20]

⋮ Figure 𝑄-𝑏

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𝐜. An undisturbed soil sample, 110 mm in diameter and 220 mm in height, was tested in a
triaxial machine. The sample sheared under an additional axial load of 3.35 kN with a
vertical deformation of 21 mm. The failure plane was inclined at 50˚ to the horizontal and
the cell pressure was 300 kN/m2 .

i. Draw the Mohr circle diagram representing the above stress conditions, and from it
determine:
− Coulomb’s equation for the shear strength of the soil, in terms of total stress;
− the magnitude and obliquity of the resultant stress on the failure plane.

ii. A further undisturbed sample of the soil was tested in a shear box under the same
drainage conditions as used for the previous test. If the area of the box was 3600 mm2 and
the normal load was 500 N, what would you expect the failure stress to have been?
[34]

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