TECHNICAL NOTES
Jan 1, 1985
Temperature Effects on Volume Measurements
Authors: William Stewart and Chung K. WongAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 111, Issue 1
Abstract
Volume measuring systems for triaxial tests are susceptible to changes in ambient temperature, and the volume change due to temperature can represent 10% or more of the measured value, depending on the magnitude of the total volume change. The automatic volume change logging system showed a clear dependence on temperature, a dependence related to the thermal expansion of the water in the system, the apparatus itself and any entrapped air. By using regression analysis on data accumulated over several tests, a simple temperature correction formula for volume change is derived.
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Darley, P., discussion of: “Apparatus for Measuring Volume Change Suitable for Automatic Logging,” by G. C. Rowlands, Geotechnique, Vol. 23, No. 1, Mar., 1973, pp. 140–141.
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Dorsey, N. E., “Properties of Ordinary Water‐Substance,” American Chemical Society, Monograph Series, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1940.
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Rowlands, G. O., “Apparatus for Measuring Volume Change Suitable for Automatic Logging,” Geotechnique, Vol. 22, No. 3, Sept., 1972, pp. 525–526.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 111 • Issue 1 • January 1985
Pages: 140 - 144
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William Stewart
Lect. in Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Glasgow, Rankine Building, Oakfield Ave., Glasgow G12 8LT, Scotland
Chung K. Wong
Research Student, Univ. of Glasgow, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Rankine Building, Oakfield Ave., Glasgow G12 8LT, Scotland
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