Prediction of Compressibility of Overconsolidated Uncemented Soils

Nagaraj, TS and Murthy, BR Srinivasa (1986) Prediction of Compressibility of Overconsolidated Uncemented Soils. In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 112 (4). pp. 484-488.

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Abstract

Overconsolidated soils exhibit a bilinear e-log p relationship. During virgin compression, microstructural units form larger stable groups, thereby reducing the operating specific surface and, in turn, net osmotic repulsive forces in the soil. The rebound portion of the e-log p curve is consequently flatter. The generalized relationship for compressibility of uncemented soils in the overconsolidated state has been developed in the form of e/eL = 1.122 = 0.188 log pc - 0.0463 log p in which e/eL is the generalized soil state parameter, pc is the preconsolidation pressure in kPa, p is the effective overburden pressure in kPa, e is the in situ void ratio, and eL is the void ratio corresponding to the liquid limit water content (wLG). This relationship can be usefully employed to predict both the preconsolidation pressure and compressibility responses of overconsolidated uncemented soils.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Publisher:	American Society of Civil Engineers
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Society of Civil Engineers.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2010 04:51
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:41
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/22308

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