...M. Talesnick; I. Omer; M. Ghafghazi Data from simple shear testing can be significantly enhanced through implementation of local, in-soil measurement of shear stress and shear strain. Use of such tools circumvents difficulties in dealing with data collected through measurements made at the specimen...

... was investigated in light of the critical state soil mechanics framework using a series of direct simple shear (DSS) tests. A wide range of calcium carbonate content (C_C), initial void ratio after consolidation (e₀) and effective initial normal stress ( σ ′ N 0...