Abstract
Measurement of tensile strength of soil by direct methods can be challenging due to difficulties in sample preparation and in fixing the specimen while applying uniaxial tension forces. However the tensile strength of soil samples can be measured by indirect tests, such as the Brazilian and double punch tests, assuming that tensile stress is distributed uniformly on the failure plane. In this study, the tensile strength of statically-compacted sand bentonite and cement-enhanced sand bentonite mixtures is measured in varying curing time periods using the “double punch” test. The compressive strengths of samples are also measured using the unconfined compression test, and the correlation between tensile and compressive strength is discussed in relation to curing time. A simple method is also applied to determine the undrained cohesion and internal friction angle of samples through the Mohr-Coulomb circle method, using the double punch tensile strength and unconfined compressive strength. The results show that cohesion increases in both sand bentonite and sand bentonite-cement samples along with curing time.
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