Triaxial Shear Tests on Pervious Gravelly Soils

W. G. Holtz, Harold J. Gibbs

Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division · 1956 · 124 citations · 1 references

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Abstract

Tests to determine shear characteristics of free draining gravelly soils; relations between shear resistance and density, amount of gravel, gradation, maximum particle size, and particle shape; effect of testing speed on shear test data and effect of specimen size for any maximum particle size up to 3 in.

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