INDEX PROPERTIES AND CONSOLIDATION HISTORY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

It is found that simple relationships exist between liquidity index and remoulded undrained shear strength and, for normally consolidated clays, between liquidity index and vertical effective stress. By comparing site investigation data against these simple relationships it is possible to make deductions about the consolidation history of the soil deposit and about the internal consistency of the data. An example is given in which underconsolidation is deduced from the high values of liquidity index, from the low values of preconsolidation pressure estimated from oedometer tests, and from low undrained strengths. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Wood, D M
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 703-706
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Conferences; Consolidation; Effective stress; History; Index tests; Oedometers; Preconsolidation pressure; Soils; Unconsolidated soils; Undrained shear strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Liquidity (Economics); Soil consolidation
• Old TRIS Terms: Index properties; Preconsolidation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466275
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM