As an engineer, how would you estimate the undrained cohesion of a saturated clay from its unconfined compressive strength (UCS) value? (Short answer only-max 2 lines)

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Joshua Kleveter · Answer 1 · 2024-07-05T13:58:14+0000

There is an empirical relationship between the undrained cohesion (Cu) and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) for saturated clays: Cu ≈ 0.22 × UCS.

As an engineer, how would you estimate the undrained cohesion of a saturated clay from its unconfined compressive strength (UCS) value? (Short answer only-max 2 lines)

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