Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics for Sedimentary and Residual SoilsISBN: 978-0-470-37626-3
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464 pages
August 2009
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CONTENTS
PREFACE xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
1 SOIL FORMATION, COMPOSITION, AND BASIC CONCEPTS 1
1.1 Weathering Processes, Sedimentary and Residual Soils / 1
1.2 Clay Minerals / 3
1.3 Influence of Topography on Weathering Processes / 5
1.4 Factors Governing the Properties of Sedimentary and Residual Soils / 6
1.5 Remolded, or Destructured, Soils / 10
References / 11
2 BASIC DEFINITIONS AND PHASE RELATIONSHIPS 13
2.1 Components of Soil / 13
2.2 Phase Relationships / 14
2.3 Examples in Use of Phase Relationships / 17
2.4 Measurement of Basic Properties / 22
2.4.1 Bulk Density / 22
2.4.2 Water Content / 22
2.4.3 Solid Density and Specific Gravity / 22
Exercises / 24
3 BASIC INDEX TESTS, SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 27
3.1 General / 27
3.1.1 Gravel and Sand / 27
3.1.2 Clay / 28
3.1.3 Silt / 28
3.2 Particle Size and Its Role in Influencing Properties / 28
3.2.1 Measurement of Particle Size / 29
3.3 Plasticity and Atterberg Limits / 31
3.3.1 Determination of Atterberg Limits / 31
3.4 Liquidity Index of Clay and Relative Density of Sand / 35
3.5 Sensitivity, Thixotropy, and Activity of Clays / 36
3.6 Systematic Classification Systems / 37
3.6.1 Unified Soil Classification System / 38
3.6.2 Additional Notes Regarding Classification / 40
3.6.3 Description of In situ (Undisturbed) Characteristics of Soil / 42
3.7 Classification of Residual Soils / 44
3.7.1 Parent Rock / 45
3.7.2 Usefulness of Existing Systems / 45
3.7.3 Classification of Weathering Profile / 46
3.7.4 Importance of Mineralogy and Structure / 47
References / 48
4 STRESS AND PORE PRESSURE STATE IN THE GROUND 49
4.1 Vertical Stress in the Ground / 49
4.2 Pore Pressures above Water Table and Seasonal Variations / 50
4.2.1 Case A: Coarse-Grained Soils / 52
4.2.2 Case B: Low-Permeability Clays / 53
4.2.3 Case C: Medium- to High-Permeability Clays / 53
4.3 Hill Slopes, Seepage, and Pore Pressures / 55
4.4 Significance of the Water Table (or Phreatic Surface) / 56
4.5 Horizontal Stress in Ground / 57
4.6 Worked Examples / 60
4.6.1 Worked Example 1 / 60
4.6.2 Worked Example 2 / 62
References / 64
Exercises / 64
5 STRESSES IN THE GROUND FROM APPLIED LOADS 67
5.1 General / 67
5.2 Elastic Theory Solutions for Stresses Beneath Loaded Areas / 68
References / 74
Exercises / 75
6 PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS 77
6.1 The Basic Principle / 77
6.2 Applied Stresses, Drained and Undrained Behavior / 80
6.3 Pore Pressure Changes Under Undrained Conditions / 81
6.4 Some Practical Implications of the Principle of Effective Stress / 83
6.4.1 Stress State on Soil Element Below Submerged Surface (Bed of Lake or Seabed) / 83
6.4.2 Force Resisting Sliding of Concrete Gravity Dam / 84
6.4.3 Influence of Rainfall on Slope Stability / 85
6.4.4 Ground Settlement Caused By Lowering Water Table / 86
References / 87
7 PERMEABILITY AND SEEPAGE 89
7.1 General / 89
7.2 Pressure, “Head,” and Total Head / 90
7.3 Darcy’s Law / 92
7.3.1 Notes on Darcy’s Law / 92
7.3.2 Note on Seepage Velocity / 92
7.4 Measurement of Permeability / 93
7.5 General Expression for Seepage in a Soil Mass / 95
7.6 Steady-State Flow, Laplace Equation, and Flow Nets / 97
7.6.1 Flow netsConventions Used in Their Construction / 99
7.6.2 Boundary Conditions for Flow Nets / 100
7.6.3 Methods for Solution of Flow Nets / 101
7.6.4 Basic Requirements of Flow Net and Rules for Hand Sketching Flow Nets / 102
7.6.5 Use of Flow Nets for Practical Purposes / 103
7.7 Critical Hydraulic Gradient (and “Quicksand”) / 104
7.7.1 Quicksand / 106
7.7.2 Worked Example / 106
7.8 Unconfined Flow Nets and Approximations in Conventional Formulation / 108
7.9 Use of Filters in Designed Structures / 109
7.10 Vertical Flow Through Single Layers and Multilayers / 111
7.11 Note on Groundwater Studies and Groundwater Mechanics / 113
7.12 Flow into Excavations, Drains, and Wells / 115
References / 117
Exercises / 117
8 COMPRESSIBILITY, CONSOLIDATION, AND SETTLEMENT 121
8.1 General Concepts / 121
8.2 Estimation of Settlement Using Elasticity Theory / 122
8.2.1 Drained and Undrained Behavior / 123
8.2.2 Limitations of Elasticity Theory / 124
8.3 Estimation of Settlement Assuming 1-D Behavior / 124
8.4 Immediate (“Elastic”) Settlement and Long-Term (Consolidation) Settlement / 126
8.4.1 Immediate and Consolidation Settlement in Sands / 126
8.4.2 Immediate and Consolidation Settlement in Clays / 126
8.5 Consolidation Behavior of Clays (and Silts) / 129
8.5.1 Odometer Test / 129
8.5.2 Consolidation CharacteristicsMagnitude / 130
8.5.3 Consolidation Behavior–Time Rate / 142
8.6 Estimation of Settlement from Odometer Test Results / 154
8.6.1 Settlement of a Building Foundation / 154
8.6.2 Settlement of Fill on Soft Clay / 160
8.7 Approximations and Uncertainties in Settlement Estimates Based on Odometer Tests / 165
8.7.1 Interpretation of Void Ratio–Stress Curves and Sample Disturbance / 165
8.7.2 Assumptions Regarding Pore Pressure State / 167
8.7.3 Lateral Deformation / 168
8.7.4 Submergence of Fill Loads / 168
8.7.5 Use of Terzaghi Theory of Consolidation for Nonlinear Soils / 168
8.7.6 Influence of Inadequate Data on Actual Soil Conditions / 169
8.8 Allowable Settlement / 170
8.8.1 Total (or Absolute) Settlement / 170
8.8.2 Relative Movement between Structure and Surrounding Ground / 170
8.8.3 Differential Settlement of Buildings / 170
8.9 Radial Flow and Sand (or “Wick”) Drains / 172
8.9.1 Theory for Design of Sand and Wick Drains / 173
8.10 Settlement of Foundations on Sand / 174
8.10.1 Schmertman Method Using Static Cone Penetrometer Results / 175
8.10.2 Burland and Burbidge Method / 176
8.10.3 Worked Example / 178
References / 181
Exercises / 182
9 SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS 185
9.1 Basic Concepts and Principles / 185
9.1.1 General Expression for Shear Strength / 186
9.1.2 Undrained Shear Strength (su ) / 187
9.1.3 Relationship between Strength in Terms of Effective Stress and Undrained Strength / 187
9.2 Measurement of Shear Strength / 190
9.2.1 Direct Shear Test (or Shear Box Test) / 190
9.2.2 Triaxial Test / 191
9.2.3 Mohr’s Circle of Stress / 193
9.2.4 Use of Mohr’s Circle for Plotting Triaxial Test Results / 195
9.2.5 Soil Behavior in Consolidated Undrained and Drained Tests / 197
9.2.6 Area Correction in Triaxial Tests / 199
9.2.7 Failure Criteria in Terms of Principal Stresses / 200
9.2.8 Determination of Angle of Failure Plane / 201
9.2.9 Worked Example / 201
9.3 Practical Use of Undrained Strength and Effective Strength Parameters / 203
9.4 Shear Strength and Deformation Behavior of Sand / 204
9.5 Residual Strength of Clays / 206
9.5.1 Measurement of Residual Strength / 208
9.6 Stress Path Concept / 209
9.7 Pore Pressure Parameters A and B / 211
9.8 Shear Strength and Deformation Behavior of Clay / 212
9.8.1 Behavior of Fully Remolded Clay / 212
9.8.2 Behavior of Undisturbed Sedimentary Clays / 214
9.8.3 Behavior of Residual Soils / 221
9.8.4 Failure Criterion and Determination of c_ and φ from Consolidated Undrained Tests / 224
9.9 Typical Values of Effective Strength Parameters for Clays and Silts and Correlations with Other Properties / 225
9.10 Undrained Strength of Undisturbed and Remolded Soils / 228
9.10.1 Sedimentary Clays / 228
9.10.2 Remolded Soils / 230
9.10.3 Residual Soils / 231
9.11 Measurement of Undrained Shear Strength / 232
9.11.1 Unconfined Compression test / 232
9.11.2 Vane Test / 232
References / 232
Exercises / 233
10 SITE INVESTIGATIONS, FIELD TESTING, AND PARAMTER CORRELATIONS 235
10.1 Overview / 235
10.2 Drilling / 235
10.2.1 Hand Auguring / 236
10.2.2 Machine Drilling / 236
10.2.3 Continuous Coring with Single-Tube Core Barrel (Also Known as Open Barrel) / 238
10.2.4 Rotary Drilling Using Core Barrels / 238
10.2.5 Wash Drilling / 239
10.2.6 Percussion Boring / 239
10.3 Undisturbed Sampling Using Sample Tubes / 239
10.4 Block Sampling / 241
10.5 Investigation Pits (or Test Pits) / 242
10.6 In Situ Testing / 242
10.6.1 Limitations of Drilling and Undisturbed Sampling / 242
10.6.2 Standard Penetration Test (Dynamic Test) / 243
10.6.3 Dutch Static Cone Penetration Test CPT / 246
10.6.4 Shear Vane Test / 249
10.7 Correlations between In Situ Test Results and Soil Properties / 250
10.7.1 SPT N Values and CPT Values / 250
10.7.2 Undrained Shear Strength of Clay / 251
10.7.3 Relative Density of Sand / 252
10.7.4 Stiffness Modulus of Sand / 253
References / 254
11 STABILITY CONCEPTS AND FAILURE MECHANISMS 257
11.1 Basic Concepts / 257
11.2 Stability of Slopes / 259
11.3 Bearing Capacity / 261
11.4 Retaining Walls / 262
11.5 Further Observations / 264
11.5.1 Safety Factors, Load Factors, and Strength Reduction Factors / 264
11.5.2 Questions of Deformation Versus Stability / 264
References / 265
12 BEARING CAPACITY AND FOUNDATION DESIGN 267
12.1 Bearing Capacity / 267
12.1.1 Bearing Capacity in Terms of Effective Stress / 270
12.1.2 Bearing Capacity in Terms of Total Stress (Undrained Behavior) / 270
12.1.3 Eccentric and Inclined Loads / 270
12.2 Shallow Foundations on Clay / 272
12.2.1 Use of Undrained Shear Strength / 272
12.2.2 Application of Factor of Safety / 272
12.2.3 Bearing Capacity Versus Settlement Tolerance in Design of Foundations / 273
12.2.4 Worked Examples / 274
12.3 Shallow Foundations on Sand / 276
12.3.1 Use of Bearing Capacity Theory / 276
12.3.2 Empirical Methods for Foundations on Sand / 277
12.4 Pile Foundations / 278
12.4.1 Basic Concepts and Pile Types / 278
12.4.2 Pile-Bearing CapacityBasic Formula and Methods of Estimation / 281
12.4.3 Bearing Capacity of Piles in Clay / 282
12.4.4 Bearing Capacity of Piles in Sand / 285
12.4.5 Pile Group Behavior / 286
12.4.6 Lateral Load Capacity of Piles / 289
References / 303
Exercises / 304
13 EARTH PRESSURE AND RETAINING WALLS 307
13.1 Coulomb Wedge Analysis / 307
13.2 At-Rest Pressure, Active Pressure, Passive Pressure, and Associated Deformations / 312
13.3 Rankine Earth Pressures / 312
13.4 Influence of Wall Friction / 316
13.5 Earth Pressure Coefficients / 316
13.6 Total Stress Analysis / 317
13.7 Maximum Height of Unsupported Vertical Banks or Cuts / 317
13.8 Construction Factors Influencing Earth Pressures on Retaining Walls / 319
13.9 Propped (Strutted) Trenches / 321
13.10 Retaining-Wall Design Example / 322
13.11 Sheet Pile (and Similar) Retaining Walls / 329
13.11.1 FreeStanding and Propped Cantilever Walls / 329
13.12 Reinforced-Earth Walls / 337
13.12.1 Concept and General Behavior / 337
13.12.2 Reinforcement Types / 338
13.12.3 Basic Design Procedures / 339
13.12.4 Other Matters / 349
References / 351
Exercises / 351
14 STABILITY OF SLOPES 355
14.1 Introduction / 355
14.2 Analysis Using Circular Arc Failure Surfaces / 357
14.2.1 Circular Arc Analysis Using Total Stresses / 359
14.2.2 Circular Arc Analysis in Terms of Effective Stresses / 360
14.2.3 Example Calculation Using Bishop Method / 362
14.2.4 Bishop’s Method for Submerged Slopes / 363
14.3 Stability Analysis of Infinite Slopes / 366
14.4 Short- and Long-Term Stability of Built Slopes / 368
14.4.1 Excavated Slopes / 369
14.4.2 Embankments on Soft Clays / 371
14.5 Stability Analysis for Earth Dams / 377
14.5.1 Estimation of Pore-Water Pressures During or at End of Construction / 377
14.5.2 Full-Reservoir Steady-State Seepage Condition / 379
14.5.3 Rapid Drawdown Pore Pressures / 380
14.6 Influence of Climate and Weather on Stability of Slopes / 381
14.7 Stability Analysis Using Noncircular Failure Surfaces / 385
References / 387
Exercises / 387
15 SOIL COMPACTION 391
15.1 Earthworks and Soil Compaction / 391
15.2 Compaction Behavior of Soils / 391
15.3 Control of Compaction / 397
15.3.1 Traditional Method of Compaction Control / 397
15.3.2 Alternative Compaction Control Based on Undrained Shear Strength and Air Voids / 397
15.4 Difficulties in Compacting Clays / 401
15.4.1 Soils Considerably Wetter Than Optimum Water Content / 401
15.4.2 Soils That Soften During Compaction / 401
15.5 Compaction of Granular and Non-Plastic Materials / 402
References / 404
16 SPECIAL SOIL TYPES 405
16.1 General Comments / 405
16.2 Partially Saturated Soils / 406
16.2.1 Occurrence / 406
16.2.2 Measurements of Degree of Saturation / 407
16.2.3 Mechanics of Partially Saturated Soils / 408
16.3 Expansive or Swelling Clays / 415
16.3.1 Basic Concepts of Expansive Behavior / 415
16.3.2 Estimation of Swelling Pressure and Swell Magnitude / 416
16.3.3 Estimation of Swell Magnitude / 420
16.4 Collapsing Soils / 421
References / 424
INDEX 425