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Laboratory Investigations on Geotechnical Properties of Screened Bottom Ash from Two MSW Incineration Plants in Delhi Read chapter Read first chapter

2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Effect of Drying and Wetting of Shear Strength of Soil

Authors : Naresh Mali, Tarun Semwal, Khushboo Kadian, Manuj Sharma, K. V. Uday

Published in: Problematic Soils and Geoenvironmental Concerns

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Shear strength of soil is a very important property in geotechnical engineering, in order to study the strength of soils. According to classical soil mechanics, the soil is generally assumed to be either fully saturated or completely dry conditions. However, 40% of the natural soil on the earth’s surface encountered as an unsaturated/partially saturated condition. The problems faced at the time of designing the retaining structures, considering the soil mass in dry condition, affects in reducing the factor of safety of the slope due to wetting/drying conditions. The present study aims to investigate the loss/gain in the strength of the soils during the wetting and drying process, and it was observed that the strength is higher in drying path than that of wetting path.

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Metadata
Title
Effect of Drying and Wetting of Shear Strength of Soil
Authors
Naresh Mali
Tarun Semwal
Khushboo Kadian
Manuj Sharma
K. V. Uday
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Problematic Soils and Geoenvironmental Concerns

Print ISBN: 978-981-15-6236-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-6237-2

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6237-2_3