A laboratory study of anisotropy in engineering properties of Ankara clay

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2011

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İspir, Mustafa Erdem

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Anisotropy in engineering properties of soils occurs due to the depositional process forming the soil fabric and/or different directional stresses in soil history. This study investigates the anisotropy in undrained shear strength and drained compressibility of preconsolidated, stiff and fissured Ankara Clay. The compressibility behavior is determined using standard oedometer testing while the shear strength anisotropy is investigated through large diameter unconsolidated-undrained triaxial testing on undisturbed samples taken in vertical and horizontal directions from several deep excavation sites along the Konya Road in Çukurambar-Balgat Area, Ankara. According to the results achieved, Ankara Clay is slightly anisotropic in compressibility, with an anisotropy ratio between 0.72 and 1.17 in terms of coefficient of volume compressibility for several pressure ranges between 50 kPa and 1600 kPa. On the other hand, while a slight anisotropy in undrained shear strength at a ratio ranging between 0.87 and 1.19 in terms of deviator stress can be observed in Ankara Clay, considering the great variation in the test results of samples in same direction which mostly overlaps with the range of results obtained in the other direction, it has been concluded that the Ankara Clay located in this area can be regarded as isotropic in terms of shear strength for practical purposes.

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Engineering Geology., Rock and Soil Mechanics., Underground Construction.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613779/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21027

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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M. E. İspir, “A laboratory study of anisotropy in engineering properties of Ankara clay,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2011.