The shear strengths of silt samples of a given porosity were compared for three different types of triaxial test, under varying conditions of lateral pressure, drainage and saturation. The three types of triaxial test conducted were: I) Unconsolidated drained test on dry silt. II) Unconsolidated undrained test on partially saturated silt. III) Unconsolidated drained test on a partially saturated silt. The maximum strength was exhibited by the dry silt and was considered to be primarily a function of the effective stress on the contact area.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113707 |
| Date | January 1962 |
| Creators | Lyell, Alexander, P. |
| Contributors | Yong, R. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering. (Department of Engineering.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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