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The residual shear strength of some Hellenic clayey soils

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A programme of residual shear strength testing has been undertaken on a number of Hellenic soil types: Marls, Clays and Flysch. The residual strength was determined using the Bromhead ring shear aparatus. For the applied normal stress range the residual strength envelope was straight and the resultant residual friction angle values are correlated with the index properties, such as Atterberg limits and grain-size distribution. The influence of mineralogy on the residual friction angle is also considered.

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Kalteziotis, N. The residual shear strength of some Hellenic clayey soils. Geotech Geol Eng 11, 125–145 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00423339

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