| Author | Tsai, Ching-ta |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 378 |
| Subject(s) | Soil consolidation
Clay
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Pore pressure dissipations during one-dimensional consolidation of an artificial marine clay were studied. The load increment ratio was varied from 0.25 to 4.0, while the load increment durations used were 24 hours and 48 hours. It was found that the rate of pore pressure dissipation was function of load increment ratio, as predicted theoretically by BARDEN & BERRY (1965), DAVIS & RAYMOND (1965) and
SIMONS & TAN (1969), the smaller the load increment ratio, the faster the rate of pore pressure dissipation. The available theories, however3
did not generally predict the pore pressures very well and it was concluded that Terzaghi\'s theory might as well be used for all loading conditions. The measured effect of load increment duration on the rate
of pore pressure dissipation was insignificant. An attempt was made to estimate coefficients of consolidation from rates of pore pressure dissipation and these were compared with those
obtained in the conventional way from the compression time curves. |
| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1980 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Brand, E.W. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Moh, Za-Chieh ;Nelson, John D. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of the Republic of
China |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1972 |
