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Mar 1969
Consolidation Under Constant Rates of Strain
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Volume 95, Issue 2
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Consolidation tests on three materials were conducted by inducing six different constant rates of strain on the samples. The total load on the sample, the pore pressure at the base and the deformation were measured. A theoretical solution was developed to enable the determination of the coefficient of consolidation, the compression index, and the preconsolidation pressure from this testing procedure. Within established limits, it is shown that the consolidation parameters determined by this method agree with parameters determined by the conventional testing method. The advantages of the proposed procedure are that a much shorter time is required to determine the consolidation parameters and that this procedure can be used to study the strain rate sensitivity of cohesive soils to consolidation loads.
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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 95 • Issue 2 • March 1969
Pages: 519 - 539
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© 1969 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Ronald E. Smith, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Harvey E. Wahls, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civil Engrg., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
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