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Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 9/2020

08-06-2020 | Original Paper

Relationships between undrained shear strength, liquidity index, and water content ratio of clays

Authors: Satoru Shimobe, Giovanni Spagnoli

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 9/2020

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Abstract

Clays are very important in environmental geotechnical applications because of their characteristics. This paper considered over 500 data from literature and from laboratory. Undrained shear strength (remolded and undisturbed), liquidity index (IL), and water content ratio (WCR) have been compared among each other. Because natural clays have different physical and mineralogical properties, no unique relationship exists. The relationship between remolded and undisturbed undrained shear strength and liquidity index (IL) is scattered. On the contrary, if only remolded undrained shear strength values are plotted against the liquidity index, a good tendency is observed considering also the ratio of plastic limit to liquid limit in the range of IL between 0.8 and 1.3.
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Metadata
Title
Relationships between undrained shear strength, liquidity index, and water content ratio of clays
Authors
Satoru Shimobe
Giovanni Spagnoli
Publication date
08-06-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-020-01844-5

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