Journal Published Online: 01 December 1994
Volume 17, Issue 4

Effect of Short Duration of Load increment on the Compressibility of Soils

CODEN: GTJODJ

Abstract

This study concerns the effect of duration of load increment (up to 24 h) on the consolidation properties of expansive black cotton soil (liquid limit = 81%) and nonexpansive kaolinite (liquid limit = 49%). It indicates that the amount and rate of compression are not noticeably affected by the duration of loading for a standard sample of 25 mm in height and 76.2 mm in diameter with double drainage. Hence, the compression index and coefficient of consolidation can be obtained with reasonable accuracy even if the duration of each load increment is as short as 4 h.

The secondary compression coefficient (Cαε) for kaolinite can be obtained for any pressure range with 1/2 h of loading, which, however, requires 4 h for black cotton soil. This is because primary consolidation is completed early in the case of kaolinite. The paper proves that the conventional consolidation test can be carried out with much shorter duration of loading (less than 4 h) than the standard specification of 24 h or more even for remolded fine-grained soils.

Author Information

Sridharan, A
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Sivapullaiah, PV
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Stalin, VK
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Pages: 9
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Stock #: GTJ10309J
ISSN: 0149-6115
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10309J