Influence of Fines Content on Stability of Unsaturated Soil Slopes

Raghuram, Ammavajjala Sesha Sai and Basha, B Munwar and Moghal, Arif Ali Baig (2022) Influence of Fines Content on Stability of Unsaturated Soil Slopes. In: Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2020, 17 December 2020 through 19 December 2020, Virtual, Online.

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Abstract

Natural sands usually consist of considerable fines content (FC) (various proportions of silt and/or clay), the presence of which significantly affects its structure and unsaturated behavior. Soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) is the primary and fundamental tool to address unsaturated soil properties as it relates to the soil suction and the soil water content. However, it is well accepted that the SWCC exhibits hysteresis as it does not follow the same path during desorption and sorption. For a constant value of suction, the soil water content in the desorption is always greater than in the sorption. SWCC considerably changes with the presence of fines in the soil. Therefore, the present study sheds some light on the unsaturated behavior of soil mixtures with varying FC. Ennore sand was reconstituted with various percentages of red soil fines to attain the desired proportions of the soil mixture. The degree of hysteresis between desorption and sorption is presented. The results revealed that increasing the FC in the soil significantly affects the degree of hysteresis. Furthermore, the effect of percentage fines and hysteretic SWCC on the unsaturated infinite slopes has been carried out. It is observed that there is a considerable difference in the factor of safety obtained for the various percentage of fines during sorption and desorption cycles. The present study emphasizes the significance of the influence of FC on the degree of hysteresis of SWCC as it affects slope stability significantly. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

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Basha, B Munwarhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1417-3650
Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Degree of hysteresis; Fines content; Slope stability; SWCC; Unsaturated soils
Subjects: Civil Engineering
Divisions: Department of Civil Engineering
Depositing User: . LibTrainee 2021
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2022 15:01
Last Modified: 27 Jul 2022 15:01
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/9976
Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5601-9_14
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