DEFORMATION-STRENGTH-DENSITY

Abstract

Over sixty triaxial tests were carried out on sarnples of the same lateritic soil at previously set moisture contents, densities and side pressures. Test results allowed to draw conclusion about the influence of these variables on the continuous alteration of strength and deformation, correlated by internal strength parameters φ and c. Most important indication of the results says that it is a bold habit in the design procedure to take arbitrary values for φ and c, because these are strongly bound to each other and depend simultaneously on the conditions determined by all three variables. Inserted two figures are fully explanatory.