Drained shear strength of fine-grained soil–solid surface interfaces
- Authors: K. S. Subba Rao 1 ; M. M. Allam 2 ; R. G. Robinson 3
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- Source: Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, Volume 143, Issue 2, 01 April 2000 , pages 75 –81
Herein are reported the results of an investigation on the effective angle of interfacial friction between fine-grained soils and solid surfaces as influenced by the roughness of the material surface, the soil type and the overconsolidation ratio. The ratio of interfacial friction angle to the angle of internal friction (evaluated at constant overconsolidation ratio) of the soil is independent of the overconsolidation ratio. An empirical correlation between this ratio and the roughness of the interface has been proposed.