Abstract:To investigate the change law of shear strength parameters of iron ore tailings with the consolidation degree, this paper conducted a series of triaxial consolidation undrained (CU) tests on iron ore tailings with different consolidation degrees and different dry densities. The shear strength parameters and effective shear strength parameters of the tailings sand were obtained by the total stress method and the effective stress method, respectively. The analysis results showed that for tailings sand with the same dry density, as the consolidation degree increases, both the shear strength index and the effective shear strength index increase gradually. The change in the degree of consolidation has a small effect on the cohesion c and the effective cohesion c', and has a large effect on the internal friction angle φ and the effective internal friction angle φ'. φ and φ' have a linear growth trend with the increase of dry density, and the γd-φ curve and γd-φ' curve have a high fitting degree under different consolidation degrees. Therefore, in the stability evaluation and safety management of tailings dams, if we consider the shear strength variation of the tailings sand with the degree of consolidation, the stability analysis of tailings dams will be more in line with the actual situation.