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Sep 1966
Consolidation of Slightly Overconsolidated Soils
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VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 92, Issue 5
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An oedometer has been developed that may be used to study the rate of consolidation occurring at various depths within a soil specimen. Test results obtained with this oedometer show that a small quasi-preconsolidation pressure is induced in a normally consolidated soil, although a large resting period between load increments was not used. Tests on undisturbed soils further suggest that, for the small resting periods used, this quasi-preconsolidation pressure varies with the distance from what was the permeable boundary during the previous load increment test. Terzaghi's theory is extended to take account of a constant preconsolidation pressure whose magnitude is less than the final pressure. This theory is used to evaluate previously published results of laboratory tests where pore-water pressures have been measured, and also on published field record.
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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 92 • Issue 5 • September 1966
Pages: 1 - 20
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© 1966 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Sep 1966
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Gerald Patrick Raymond, AM.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
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