AbstractIn order to explore some of the controversies encountered in soil testing, the author conducted numerous tests with the purpose of determining soil shear strength and the factors influencing it. Five different representative soil types were used, and the influence of void ration and moisture content on cohesion and internal friction was examined. A suitable parameter employed in soil physics was found by means of which the measured mechanical characteristics were arranged into a multi-variable system. The author determined that the interpretation of their meaning contradict the classical soil mechanics definition of shear stresses. The contradiction is eliminated by the author's new interpretation of the shear diagram which is in consonance with the tenets of classical soil mechanics.


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    Title :

    On the mechanical properties of soil as they affect traction


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Terramechanics ; 29 , 4-5 ; 373-380


    Publication date :

    1992-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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