Rate of strength increase of unsaturated lateritic soil

Authors: Yu, Chun-Ming; Gui, Meen-Wah

Source: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 45, Number 9, September 2008 , pp. 1335-1343(9)

Publisher: NRC Research Press

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Abstract:

Lateritic soil is a kind of residual soil that is widely distributed in Asia. The water table of the soil is normally very deep so the upper part of the soil is often unsaturated. The largest lateritic soil area in Taiwan is the Linkou terrace. Because the soil here is loosely cohered and consolidated, the problem of slope instability and landslides has always been a major concern. To evaluate the triggering mechanism of landslides, it is necessary to obtain the failure criterion that represents both the saturated and unsaturated conditions of the soil before any analysis is carried out. The parameter required to define such a failure criterion is the rate of shear strength increase, tan b, which can be obtained via a series of laboratory strength tests in a modified triaxial system under various matric suction levels. Both the intact and remolded lateritic soils taken from Linkou terrace have been tested for this purpose. The results confirm that matric suction in the lateritic soil contributes significantly to the soil shear strength and that intact soil has a higher strength than remolded soil.

Le sol latéritique est une sorte de sol résiduel qui est abondamment réparti en Asie. La nappe phréatique du sol est normalement très profonde d'où le sol en partie supérieure est souvent non saturé. La région de sol latéritique la plus importante à Taïwan est la terrasse Linkou: Comme ici le sol est légèrement cohérent et consolidé, le problème d'instabilité des talus et de glissements a toujours été une inquiétude majeure. Pour évaluer le mécanisme de déclenchement des glissements, il est nécessaire d'obtenir le critère de rupture qui représente les conditions tant saturées que non saturées du sol avant que quelque analyse soit réalisée. Le paramètre requis pour définir un tel critère de rupture est la vitesse d'accroissement de la résistance au cisaillement, tan b, qui peut être obtenue par une série d'essais de résistance en laboratoire dans un système triaxial modifié et sous des niveaux de succion matricielle variés. Des sols latéritiques tant remaniés qu'intacts, prélevés dans la terrasse Linkou ont été soumis à des essais à cette fin. Les résultats confirment que la succion matricielle dans un sol latéritique contribue de façon appréciable à la résistance au cisaillement du sol, et que le sol intact a une résistance plus grande que le sol remanié.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2008-09-01

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