Remolded Undrained Strength of Soils

Extensive data of undrained shear strength for various remolded soils are compiled to normalize the remolded undr ained strength.Remolded soils have a wide spectrum of liquid limits ranging from 25% to 412%,It is found that the remolded undrained strength is a function of water content and liquid limit.Furthermore ,a simple index designated as normalized water content w ^* is introduced for normalizing remolded undrained strengthe for various soils.The normalized water content w^* is the ratio of water content to liquid limit.The relationship between the remolded undratined strength and the normalized water content can be expressed by a imple equation.The new simple equations is not only valuable theo-retically for helping in assessing the in -situ mechanical behavior,but also useful to ocean engineering practice.