Hydraulic fracture tests using piezometer tips 10-500 mm long were performed in Champlain clays at five different sites with overconsolidation ratios (OCR) varying from 1.6 to 4.8. Before the test, the piezometer fluid was replaced by a methylene blue solution (10 g/L) to dye the fissures resulting from the test. After the hydraulic fracture, the soil around the piezometer tips was recovered by means of a large-diameter sampler. For 300 and 500 mm long piezometers, the fissure pattern was radial and vertical, even in deposits with an OCR above unity, confirming that hydraulic fracturing is related to the total stress acting on the cavity walls. The results for the five sites define for the,Champlain clay deposits a KO-OCR relationship that gives higher KO values than generally proposed in the literature.Des essais de fracturation hydraulique ont Ct C rCalisCs dans les dCp8ts argileux de la mer Champlain a cinq sites diffkrents prisentant des degrCs de surconsolidation variant de 1,6 a 4,8. La longueur des piCzomktres utilisCs pour les essais a variC gCnCralement de 10 A 500 mm. ImmCdiatement avant l'essai de fracturation, le fluide dans les piCzomktres fut remplacC par une solution de bleu de mCthylkne (10 g/L) afin de bien marquer la fissuration rksultant de l'essai.Le sol entourant la pointe piCzomCtrique fut ensuite rCcupCrC au moyen d'un Cchantillonneur a grand diamktre. Pour les piCzomktres de 300 et 500 mm, la fracturation hydraulique crCe une fissuration radiale et verticale m&me lorsque le degrC de surconsolidation est supCrieur a 1'unitC confirmant que la fracturation rCsulte des contraintes totales appliquCes A la pCriphCrie de la cavitC. Les rCsultats des cinq sites permettent d'dtablir pour les dCpbts de lamer Champlain, une relation KO-OCR qui amkne des valeurs de KO passablement plus ClevCes que gCnCralement proposCes dans la littkrature.
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