| Author | Uthai Pamchareon |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 379 |
| Subject(s) | Soil consolidation
Shear strength of soils
|
| 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 | An experimental investigation was carried out to study the
effects of anisotropic preconsolidation on the strength characteristics of three artificially sedimented, normally consolidated clays. Sediments of Soft Bangkok Clay in the three different solutions of calcium chloride, sodium chloride and distilled water were preconsolidated under Ko conditions by vertical pressures
ranging from 10 to 80 lb/ in2 before isotropic CU triaxial tests
were carried out. The experimental evidence collected from this short investigation is conclusive in proving that the existing laboratory triaxial technique does not give unique strength behaviour for a
particular normally consolidated clay. It is clear that the strength characteristics, as determined from specimens consolidated isotropically in the .triaxial cell, are affected by the anisotropic stress conditions imposed on the clay prior to sampling where the laboratory consolidation pressure is considerably higher than the maximum past pressure, the effects of the prior
anisotropic consolidation is not important. These effects are
only significant where Ō vm
is small and where Ōc/Ōvm
approaches unity. This conclusion appears to be independent of the structure produced in the clay by the process of sedimentation. |
| 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) | Chai Muktabhant ;Moh, Za-Chieh |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian ·Institute of Technology |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1972 |
