Marianne Eva Flor R.

Maraa
BSCE 5B

Geotechnical Engineering 2
July , 2012

ACTIVITY 01
Problem #1.
Following are the results of four drained direct shear test on Normally Consolidated clay.
Diameter of specimen = 50mm
Height of specimen = 25mm
Test number

Normal Force (N)

Shear Force @ Failure (N)

250

139

400

222

500

279

550

308

Draw a graph for the shear stress at failure against the normal stress and determine the drained
angle of friction from the graph.
Solution:
Normal Stress = Normal Force/Area of specimen
Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2
Normal Stress@1

Normal Stress@2

Normal Stress@3

Normal Stress@4

= 250N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2

= 0.25Kn / 0.001963m2
= 127.3239 kPa
= 400N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.4Kn / 0.001963m2
= 203.7697 kPa
= 500N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.5Kn / 0.001963m2
= 254.7122 kPa
= 550N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.55Kn / 0.001963m2
= 280.1834 kPa

Shear Stress = Shear Force/Area of specimen

Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2
Shear Stress@1

Shear Stress@2

Shear Stress@3

Shear Stress@4

= 139N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2

= 0.139Kn / 0.001963m2
= 70 kPa
= 222N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.222Kn / 0.001963m2
= 113.0922 kPa
= 279N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.279Kn / 0.001963m2
= 142.1294 kPa
= 308N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.308Kn / 0.001963m2
= 156.9027 kPa

Tabulation:
Test Number

Normal Stress (x)

Shear Stress (y)

127.3239 kPa

70 kPa

203.7697 kPa

113.0922 kPa

254.7122 kPa

142.1294 kPa

280.1834 kPa

156.9027 kPa

Graph:

180
280.1834, 156.9027

160

S
h
e
a
r

S
t
r
e
s
s

254.7122, 142.1294

140
120

203.7697, 113.0922

100
80

127.3239, 70

60
40
20
0

0, 0
0

50

100

150

Normal Stress

Drained Angle of friction:

Tan = 70 kPa / 127.3239 kPa
Tan = 0.54978
= 28.80

200

250

300

Problem #2.
For the results of DSS on OC:
Diameter of specimen = 50mm
Height of specimen = 25mm
Test number

Normal Force (N)

1
2
3
4

150
250
350
550

Shear Force @Failure

S peak (N)
157.5
199.9
257.6
363.4

Residual Shear Force

S res (N)
44.20
56.6
102.9
144.5

Determine the relationships for peak shear strength and residual shear strength.
Normal Stress = Normal Force/Area of specimen
Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2

Normal Stress@1

Normal Stress@2

Normal Stress@3

Normal Stress@4

= 150N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2

= 0.15Kn / 0.001963m2
= 76.4137 kPa
= 250N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.25Kn / 0.001963m2
= 127.3561 kPa
= 350N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.35Kn / 0.001963m2
= 178.2985 kPa
= 550N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.55Kn / 0.001963m2
= 280.1834 kPa

Shear Stress@failure = Shear Force @failure/Area of specimen

Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2
Shear Stress@1

= 157.5N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2

= 0.1575Kn / 0.001963m2
= 80.2343 kPa

Shear Stress@2

Shear Stress@3

Shear Stress@4

= 199.9N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2

= 0.1999Kn / 0.001963m2
= 101.8339 kPa
= 257.6N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.2576Kn / 0.001963m2
= 131.2277 kPa
= 363.4N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.3634Kn / 0.001963m2
= 185.1248 kPa

Shear Stress @ residual = Residual Shear Force/Area of specimen

Area of specimen = d2/4 = (50)2 / 4 = 1963.495408 mm2
Shear Stress@1

Shear Stress@2

Shear Stress@3

Shear Stress@4

Tabulation:
Test
number
1
2
3
4

*Directly proportional

= 44.20N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2

= 0.0442Kn / 0.001963m2
= 22.5166 kPa
= 56.6N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.0566Kn / 0.001963m2
= 28.8334 kPa
= 102.9N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.1029Kn / 0.001963m2
= 52.42 kPa
= 144.5N (1/1000) / 1963.495408mm2 (0.001m/mm)2
= 0.1445Kn / 0.001963m2
= 73.6118 kPa

Normal Stress (X)

(kPa)
76.4137
127.3561
178.2985
280.1834

Shear Stress@failure
(kPa)
80.2343
101.8339
131.2277
185.1248

Residual Shear Stress

(kPa)
22.5166
28.8334
52.42
73.6118

Graph:

300

250

S
h
e 200
a
r
150

S
t
r
e 100
s
s

Residual Shear Stress

Shear Stress @ failure

50

0
76.4137

127.3561

178.2985

Normal Stress

280.1834