Lessons From Oedometer Tests on High Quality Samples
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
- Vol. 112 (8) , 768-776
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1986)112:8(768)
Abstract
A well planned and carefully executed program of oedometer tests on high quality undisturbed samples is shown to provide considerable practical information about the soil properties of a natural, very stiff clay deposit. The effects of sample disturbance and type of oedometer on the preconsolidation stress are shown. A special long‐term oedometer test verified earlier results that K0 is practically constant during secondary compression. Destructuration due to a single unload‐reload cycle caused a significant decrease in the coefficient of secondary compression. The practical implications of these test results are also examined.Keywords
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