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The influence of the clay fraction on the engineering properties of soil, with some suggestions for future research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

E. K. Clare
E. K. Clare*
Affiliation:
Road Research Laboratory, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
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This is normally measured in terms of resistance to shear, which is a function of the internal friction and cohesion of the soil. The internal friction is primarily a characteristic of the coarser soil fractions and results from the interlocking of the particles; its value is a function of the normal stress on the soil. The cohesion of a soil is produced by forces binding the particles together, and is independent of the normal stress. These binding forces are accounted for partly by the, surface tension at the air-water interface of the water films surrounding the particles and partly by the intermolecular forces acting between films of water adsorbed on the surfaces of neighbouring particles.

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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 0 , Issue 1 , October 1947 , pp. 30 - 34
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1947

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