TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR OF NORMALLY CONSOLIDATED CLAY IN THICK HOLLOW CYLINDER TESTS ---INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RHEOLOGY AND SOIL MECHANICS, 12-16 SEPTEMBER 1988, COVENTRY, UK

Pressuremeter tests in normally consolidated clays have been simulated in the laboratory by expanding a thick hollow cylinder of soil, prepared with known stress history, using an increasing internal pressure and keeping the external pressure constant. Different stress control and strain control expansion techniques have been used, and in addition to stress and strain measurements at the cavity boundary, pore water pressures at the cavity boundary and within the soil mass have been monitored. The experimental data shows similiar trends to finite element predictions based on critical state soil mechanics with the inclusion of both consolidation (Biot) and creep (singh and Mitchell). The results presented form a useful database for assessing the performance of rheological models.(a) for the covering abstract of this conference see IRRD 818664.

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• Authors:
  • ANDERSON, W F
  • PYRAH, I C
  • Pang, L S
  • Haji-ali, F
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 204-18
• Monograph Title: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RHEOLOGY AND SOIL MECHANICS, 12-16 SEPTEMBER 1988, COVENTRY, UK

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Conferences; Consolidation; Deformation; Evaluation and assessment; Finite element method; Forecasting; Instruments for measuring loads or pressure; Mathematical models; Pore water pressures; Pressiometric probes; Rheology; Scale models; Simulation; Soil stabilization; Stresses; Structural models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pressiometer
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487449
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 1-85166-273-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM