Date of

Course No: 5620363 06.12.2023

Testing:

Lab. No. and Title of Test: UC Test

Section:4 Section:4
Registered Attended*
Lab Group:15 Lab Group:15

Surname, Name of Student: Vural, Fatih

Student Number:2268449

Aim of the test

It is to determine the shear parameters of cohesive soil.

Importance of undrained shear strength

Undrained condition the pore water is unable to drain out or the rate of loading is much quicker than
the rate at which the pore water is able to drain out.

It comes to my mind that to determine the mechanical properties of soil by subjecting the soil sample
to varying levels of stress and drainage conditions.

Undrained shear strength is often much easier and cheaper to measure.

Calculations

Corrected
Axial Proving Ring Axial Load Compressive
Axial Strain Area
Deformation Deformation (N) Stress (kpa)
(mm^2)
0 0,0000 1001,54
5 0,0007 1002,25
10 0,0014 1002,96
15 0,0021 1003,67
20 2 0,0028 1004,38 1,47 1,4651
25 3 0,0035 1005,10 2,21 2,1961
30 3,5 0,0042 1005,81 2,58 2,5602
35 5 0,0050 1006,53 3,68 3,6549
40 6 0,0057 1007,24 4,41 4,3828
45 8 0,0064 1007,96 5,89 5,8395
50 9 0,0071 1008,68 6,62 6,5648
55 12 0,0078 1009,40 8,83 8,7468
60 15 0,0085 1010,12 11,04 10,9257
65 17 0,0092 1010,84 12,51 12,3736
70 20 0,0099 1011,56 14,72 14,5468
75 23 0,0106 1012,29 16,92 16,7169
80 27 0,0113 1013,01 19,87 19,6101
85 30 0,0120 1013,74 22,07 21,7734
90 34 0,0127 1014,46 25,02 24,6589
95 37 0,0134 1015,19 27,22 26,8154
100 40 0,0142 1015,92 29,43 28,9688
110 47 0,0156 1017,38 34,58 33,9895
120 55 0,0170 1018,85 40,47 39,7178
130 62 0,0184 1020,31 45,62 44,7083
140 68 0,0198 1021,79 50,03 48,9642
150 72 0,0212 1023,27 52,97 51,7696
160 75 0,0226 1024,75 55,18 53,8486
170 77 0,0241 1026,23 56,65 55,2045
180 77 0,0255 1027,72 56,65 55,1245
190 77 0,0269 1029,22 56,65 55,0444
200 78 0,0283 1030,72 57,39 55,6782
250 76 0,0354 1038,28 55,92 53,8554
300 69 0,0425 1045,95 50,77 48,5363
350 60 0,0495 1053,74 44,15 41,8935
 conversion factors
Axial gage
= 0,01 mm/div
Proving 0,075
Ring mm/div

PROPERTIES OF SPECIMEN
Weight of
128,7
Specimen
Height of
70,65 68,05
Specimen
Diameter of
35,71 39,93
Sample

water content 10%

Dry Mas of
127,42
Specimen

For raw 5
Initial Area
35,71"
𝐴! = 𝜋 ∗ = 1001,54 𝑚𝑚"
4

Axial Strain

#$%&' )*+$,-&%.$/∗1$/2%&/% $+ ,./3 56∗6,68

ϵ!" (%) = 4*.34%
= 96
= 0.0028%

𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 (𝐦𝐦𝟐 )

1001,54
= = 1004,38 mm"
0.2
1 − 100
𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 =

0.075 ∗ 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 2 ∗ 0.075 ∗ 9.81 = 1,47 𝑁

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 =

𝑃 1,47
= = ∗ 1000 = 1,4651 kPa
𝐴 1004,38

Results and Discussion

Strain&Stress Curve
60,0000

50,0000

40,0000

30,0000

20,0000

10,0000

0,0000
0,0000 0,0100 0,0200 0,0300 0,0400 0,0500 0,0600
 Strain&Stress Curve
60,0000

50,0000

40,0000

30,0000

20,0000

10,0000

0,0000
0,0000 0,0100 0,0200 0,0300 0,0400 0,0500 0,0600

𝜎3 = 0 𝑘𝑃𝑎

Max Compressive Stress= 55,6782 kPa

𝜎1 = 𝜎𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒 + 𝜎3

𝜎1 = 0+ = 55,6782 𝑘𝑃𝑎

E0= d𝜀. /𝑑𝜀=26 kPa

:/0 ;:0
E50= = 36 kPa
</0 ;<0

Cu=27,84

Q3 qu=55,6782
A graph is drawn between compressive stress as ordinate and strain. The maximum stress from the
curve gives the worth of unconfined compressive strength, qu. If no maximum value of stress is out
there, the strain at 20% strain is taken as unconfined compressive strength. This test provides an
immediate value of the compressive strength of soil in the remoulded condition, it is carried out within a
short time to ensure that no drainage of water is permitted into or out of the specimen. In very plastic
soils the axial stress does not readily reach a maximum value. The Mohr circle can be drawn from stress
conditions at failure. As the minor principle stress is zero, the Mohr circle passes through origin. The
failure envelop is horizontal. The cohesion intercept is equal to the radius of circle. Shear the sample at a
strain rate of 1% per minute. Typically, the sample fails in one of two ways. In stiffer clays, a distinct
failure plane forms. For this type of failure, it is likely that the point of failure will be indicated by the
measurement of a peak and then a decrease in load. If this is the case, continue to take four or five
readings past the point of failure. In the unconfined compression test, we assume that no pore water is
lost from the sample during set-up or during the shearing process. A saturated sample will thus remain
saturated during the test with no change in the sample volume, water content, or void ratio. More
significantly, the sample is held together by an effective confining stress that results from negative pore
water pressures. Pore pressures are not measured in an unconfined compression test; consequently, the
effective stress is unknown. Hence, the undrained shear strength measured in an unconfined test is
expressed in terms of the total stress.