The compressibility of natural and reconstituted marine clays. Issue 3 (24th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Butterfield, Roy; Marchi, Michela
• Is Part Of: Geotechnical research. Volume 4:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 177
• Publication Date: 2017-10-24
• Subjects: geotechnical engineering -- site investigation -- strength & testing of materials; Geotechnical engineering -- Periodicals; 624.151
• DOI: 10.1680/jgere.17.00010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-6156

Abstract

Abstract : There is mounting evidence in favour of replacing the e againstlog 10 ( σ v ′ ) diagram, conventionally used to represent soil compressibility in an oedometer, with a log( v ) againstlog ( σ v ′ ) diagram, which significantly improves the linearity of virgin loading and unloading paths. This paper presents a simple, new formulation of the 'intrinsic' compression and 'sedimentation' compression lines for a range of insensitive, sedimentary marine clays presented in Burland's 1990 Rankine Lecture by using a log( v ) againstlog ( σ v ′ ) interpretation of the data.