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Apr 26, 2012
Primary Compression and Secondary Compression
Publication: Soil Behavior and Soft Ground Construction
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One-dimensional compression of a saturated soil, subjected to an increment of total vertical stress, consists of a primary compression that takes place during the increase in effective vertical stress and a secondary compression that follows at constant effective vertical stress. A soil structure change commences as soon as the increase in effective vertical stress begins, and it continues with time to establish internal equilibrium under the new external condition.
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© 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Effective stress
- Engineering mechanics
- Equilibrium
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Saturated soils
- Soft soils
- Soil compression
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soil stress
- Soil structures
- Soils (by type)
- Static loads
- Statics (mechanics)
- Stress (by type)
- Structural analysis
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Vertical loads
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Gholamreza Mesri
Ralph B. Peck Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801-2352
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