COMPRESSIBILITY OF CLAYS: FUNDAMENTAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a paper with the aforementioned title by S. Leroueil, published in this journal (Volume 122, Number 7, July 1996), is presented. The original paper notes that after the construction of a 6-m-high embankment on top of a highly plastic, soft clay deposit, the pore pressure continued to increase for 15-50 days. Rather than attributing this increase to structural viscosity, the discusser asks whether the increase in pore pressure could be due to lateral displacement of the soft clay. Discussion is followed by closure from the author.

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• Authors:
  • Day, R W
• Publication Date: 1997-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 895
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 123
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compressibility; Dislocation (Geology); Embankment foundations; Pore pressure; Soft clays; Viscosity
• Old TRIS Terms: Lateral movement; Structural viscosity
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742144
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: NA16CP-0220-01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1997 12:00AM