To investigate the shear properties and stress-strain relationships of subgrade compacted clay, a series of unconsolidated and undrained triaxial tests were carried out on Changsha clay under different degrees of compaction, moisture contents, loading rates and confining pressures. The results show that the elastic modulus and ultimate strength decay with the decrease of degree of compaction, the increase of moisture content and the decrease of confining pressure, but there is a slight fluctuation with the loading rate. The Mohr-Coulomb strength criterion of subgrade clay under complex conditions is established to describe the variation law of the strength of subgrade clay with various factors. The total cohesion and total internal friction angle increase significantly with the increase of degree of compaction and the decrease of moisture content. With the increase of loading rate, the total cohesion decreases first and then increases, and the total internal friction angle increases first and then decrease. However, the fluctuation amplitude of these two indexes is weak due to the change of loading rate. The unified characterization method on stress-strain curves of Changsha clay is proposed, which can reasonably describe the three types deformation curves with strain softening, stability and hardening.
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