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Shear Strength and Classification of Clay by Sara Benavides is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This chapter discusses the properties of clays and cohesive soils, including: 1) Methods for measuring and selecting shear strength parameters for short and long-term stability analyses of normally and overconsolidated clays. 2) A new Cohesive Index classification system for silts and clays ranging from 0 (non-cohesive silt) to 1.0 or above (clay). 3) Standard tests for classifying silts and clays including hydrometer analysis, plastic limit, and liquid limit tests. However, these tests have limitations du

Author
Sara Benavides
Language
EN