Abstract

Synopsis The sinking of the Ashford Common shaft by the Metropolitan Water Board has made it possible to obtain a series of undisturbed block samples of London Clay from the depths ranging from 30 to 140 ft. In this Paper are presented the results of an extensive investigation into the relationship between strength and effective stress carried out on these samples. Values of effective minor principal stress used in this series of tests have ranged from 0·2 lb/sq. in. to a little over 1,100 lb/sq. in. The failure envelope for London Clay has been shown to have a very marked curvature. Both drained and consolidated-undrained tests have been carried out, and the significance of the stress path in the latter case is discussed. The state of stress in the undisturbed ground is estimated from the initial pore-water tension in the block samples. Le forage du puits d'Ashford Common par le Metropolitan Water Board (Service des Eaux Métropolitain) a permis d'obtenir une série de blocs-échantillons intacts d'argile londonienne à des profondeurs variant entre 9 et 43 m. Cette communication expose les résultats d'une vaste enquête sur la relation entre la résistance et la contrainte effective qui a été faite sur ces échantillons. Les valeurs, de contrainte principale mineurs effective employées dans cette série d'essais variaient entre 0·014 kg/sq. cm et un peu plus de 77 kg/sq. cm. L'enveloppe de rupture pour l'argile londonienne a révélé une courbure prononcée. On a fait l'essai drainé ainsi que l'essai consolidé à teneur en eau constante et on a étudié la signification du tracé de contrainte dans le deuxième cas. L'état de contrainte dans le sol intact est évalué d'après la tension initiale de l'eau interstitielle dans les blocs-échantillons.

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