As a guest user you are not logged in or recognized by your IP address. You have
access to the Front Matter, Abstracts, Author Index, Subject Index and the full
text of Open Access publications.
Mudflows are powerful agents of degradation of natural slopes and are reported to cause loss of life and destruction of civil engineering structures. Mudflows are reported to behave as purely cohesive materials. Therefore, their stability is often analyzed in terms of their undrained shear strength (cu). A new approach to measure the undrained shear strength of muds is called the “cylinder strength meter test” is presented. The new approach uses a cylinder as a measuring tool and the theory developed by Sokolovskii to calculate the indentation pressures developed in a Tresca plastic when a cylinder penetrates it. The implementation of the new approach is carried out in the laboratory by measuring the cu of artificially prepared muds. The muds are made of clay alone and mixtures of clay and sand and clay and glass beads. The clay used in the experiments was kaolinite clay. The effect of the concentration by volume of the granular materials in the mixtures on their cu is also analyzed. A review of other methods such as the vane shear test developed to measure the shear strength of muds is also presented. Advantages of using the new approach rather than the vane test is also presented.
This website uses cookies
We use cookies to provide you with the best possible experience. They also allow us to analyze user behavior in order to constantly improve the website for you. Info about the privacy policy of IOS Press.
This website uses cookies
We use cookies to provide you with the best possible experience. They also allow us to analyze user behavior in order to constantly improve the website for you. Info about the privacy policy of IOS Press.