Masters Theses
Abstract
"A back pressure type consolidometer manufactured by Anteus Laboratory Equipment Company is modified to perform either constant hydraulic gradient or constant rate of strain consolidation tests. The modification of the consolidometer and its instrumentation are described. Computer software is developed for the purpose of apparatus control and for test data acquisition and analysis.
Constant hydraulic gradient and constant rate of strain consolidation tests are performed on samples consolidated from a slurry in the laboratory. Results of these tests are compared with incremental consolidation tests performed with an oedometer.
The modified apparatus was found to be suitable for use in both constant hydraulic gradient and constant rate of strain consolidation tests"--Abstract, page ii.
Advisor(s)
Stephenson, Richard Wesley
Committee Member(s)
Hatheway, Allen W.
Lentz, Rodney
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Summer 1985
Pagination
vii, 113 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-62).
Rights
© 1985 Jack F. Geerlings, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Soils -- Testing -- Data processing
Soils -- Testing -- Software
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Design
Thesis Number
T 5178
Print OCLC #
12241591
Electronic OCLC #
971544195
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Geerlings, Jack F., "Development of apparatus for constant-hydraulic-gradient and constant-rate-of-strain consolidation tests" (1985). Masters Theses. 275.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/275
