shear strength of saturated clay


Hello, 

My class and I performed a unconfined compression test which ended up creating a 50 degree angle of failure on our sample of clay. I am unsure about this question could you please help me. 

Can you infer a failure plane orientation based on the envelope ? How does your observed failure plane compare with your envelope?

 

Soil Mechanics / Geotechnical Analysis Geotechnical Investigations & In-Situ Testing

Asked 25/11/2019 06:29, updated: 11/07/2020 08:28

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This is likely to have been an undrained strength so in that case you could have gotten an Su not friction angle.