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Test Method Title

Standard Test Method for Torsional Ring Shear Test to Determine Drained Residual Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils

Reference Number

ASTM D6467

Material

Soil

Test Property

Shear stress, residual shear stress

Description of Test

This test method consists of placing the specimen in the annular specimen container, applying a predetermined normal stress through the top loading platen, providing for wetting and draining of the specimen (optional); consolidating the specimen under the normal stress; decreasing the normal stress to yield an overconsolidated specimen; preshearing the specimen by rotating the specimen container against the top loading platen for one revolution; applying a constant rate of shear deformation; and measuring the shearing force and displacement until a constant minimum resistance is reached.

Preferred Test Sample Size

Number of Test Specimens

1

Test Specimen Size

annular specimen; inside diameter ~2", outside diameter ~3.25"

Keywords

consolidated; drained test conditions; Mohr-Coulomb strength envelope; reconstituted specimens; residual shear strength; ring-shear test

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