SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1986
STP34624S

Consolidation of Natural Clays and Laboratory Testing

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A numerical model has been developed, making use of a strain-rate-dependent compressibility law and a permeability-void ratio law, both experimentally established. The numerical program is used to simulate the behavior of clay specimens submitted to oedometric tests (MSL, CGT, creep, etc.). The following conclusions are drawn:

1. The effective stress-strain clay behavior depends on the type of test carried out. In particular, the preconsolidation pressure value varies from one test to another.

2. Each element throughout the specimen follows a specific stress-strain relation depending on its strain rate history. Moreover, the oedometric curve, as usually interpreted from a multiple-stage loading (MSL) test, does not agree with any of these relations, not even with the average curve followed by the whole specimen.

3. The pore pressure isochrones maintain the same shape during controlled-gradient (CGT) or creep tests, in particular when the effective stresses correspond to the preconsolidation pressure.

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Kabbaj, M
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Oka, F
Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan
Leroueil, S
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Tavenas, F
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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Developed by Committee: D18
Pages: 378–404
DOI: 10.1520/STP34624S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4962-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0446-4