Thanks for the great explanation, it makes sense which is great because I thought it was just me. In the British standard I'm sure it mentions that the test should be drained only so you can control the conditions and thus get reliable results (baring in mind that it's probably talking about...
Thanks alot for the reply. Yes I am doing a module at University on Geotechnics. I was told although shear box tests are not commonly used especially for clays they were carried out because it was quick and easy as apposed to carrying out a number of triaxial tests. They showed us and explained...
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I'm trying to learn about shear box testing using BS 1377-7:1990. I have 3 sets of data for a clay sample but the more I read the standard and other resources the more it confuses me like I'm missing something.
First I don't understand the terminology so first I will describe the tests...
