Strength and deformability of clayey soils in tension

Strength of thawed and frozen soils of dam cores under conditions of triaxial independent loading by tension and compression

“…Such an approach to solving the problem of tension To solve the problem of tension cracking the investigations should include: testing soil salmples in a thawed and, as required, in frozen states for determining the total yield surfaces with the establishment of zones of failure of thesoil by tension and shear, using for this purpose instruments in which it is possible to accomplish independent loading by compressive and tensile forces [3][4][5][6]; calculation of the stress-strain state of the dam; determination of the extent and spatial orientation of tension cracks; establishment of the extent of open cracks. In this case the size of the zone of tension cracking on the crest should not be related to the requirements imposed on the quality of placing soils in the dam.…”