During a consolidated drained shear test on normally consolidated clay, how does the volume of the soil specimen change?

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12 Jan 2019
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In a consolidated drained test on normally consolidated clay, the soil sample undergoes volume reduction as shear progresses due to the rearrangement and compression of particles under effective stress.

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