Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay
Both the field and laboratory tests provide the basic information on the permeability and compressibility characteristics of soft clay. These basic information are applied for the estimation of the magnitude and rate of consolidation settlements resulting from the change of effective stresses. In sp...
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| author | Ng, James Gim Khoon. |
| author2 | Chu, Jian |
| author_facet | Chu, Jian Ng, James Gim Khoon. |
| author_sort | Ng, James Gim Khoon. |
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| description | Both the field and laboratory tests provide the basic information on the permeability and compressibility characteristics of soft clay. These basic information are applied for the estimation of the magnitude and rate of consolidation settlements resulting from the change of effective stresses. In spite of all the improvements to determine the parameters for consolidation settlements, current methods of predicting the consolidation behaviour for the soft clay has remained more an art than a routine procedure. To-date, it may be possible to predict the magnitude of settlement within 10 to 20% accuracy, but the capacity of predicting time-settlement relationships has remained rather poor. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/119522023-03-03T19:18:36Z Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay Ng, James Gim Khoon. Chu, Jian School of Civil and Structural Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical Both the field and laboratory tests provide the basic information on the permeability and compressibility characteristics of soft clay. These basic information are applied for the estimation of the magnitude and rate of consolidation settlements resulting from the change of effective stresses. In spite of all the improvements to determine the parameters for consolidation settlements, current methods of predicting the consolidation behaviour for the soft clay has remained more an art than a routine procedure. To-date, it may be possible to predict the magnitude of settlement within 10 to 20% accuracy, but the capacity of predicting time-settlement relationships has remained rather poor. Master of Science 2008-09-25T06:33:19Z 2008-09-25T06:33:19Z 2000 2000 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/11952 en Nanyang Technological University 141 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical Ng, James Gim Khoon. Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| title | Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| title_full | Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| title_fullStr | Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| title_short | Comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| title_sort | comparative study on the field and laboratory methods in determining the consolidation parameters of soft clay |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/11952 |
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