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Conducting laboratory direct shear tests on granular materials is a common practice in geotechnical engineering. This is usually done by following the ASTM D3080/D3080M-11 (hereafter named ASTM), which stipulates a minimum required value of 10 for specimen width (W) to the maximum particle size (dmax) ratio. Recently, a literature review performed by the authors showed that the minimum required W/dmax ratio given in the ASTM is not large enough to eliminate the specimen size effect (SSE). The minimum required W/dmax ratio of ASTM needs to be revised. In this study, a critical analysis is first made on existing data in order to identify the minimum required W/dmax ratio. The analysis shows that more experimental data obtained on specimens having W/dmax ratios between 10 and 50 are particularly necessary. To complete this need, a series of direct shear tests were performed on specimens having different dmax by using three shear boxes of different dimensions. The results show once again that the minimum required W/dmax ratio of 10, defined in the ASTM, is not large enough to eliminate the SSE. Further analysis on these and existing experimental results indicates that the minimum required W/dmax ratio to remove the SSE of friction angles is about 60. These results along with the limitations of this study are discussed.

Experimental Study on the Minimum Required Specimen Width to Maximum Particle Size Ratio in Direct Shear Tests