Masters Theses
Abstract
"The objective of this study was to predict the time rate of settlement of partially saturated soils. Consolidation tests were run on kaolinite clay compacted to a dry density of 88.75 pcf at various initial degrees of saturation. Laboratory testing determined the effect of the initial degree of saturation on strain, coefficient of consolidation, compression index, rebound index, preconsolidation pressure, and strain at the preconsolidation pressure.
A computer model, TIMSETTL, was developed that allows the user to predict the time rate of settlement by using fill criteria and consolidation test results. The computer model was verified by comparing the time rate of settlement of a full-scale test fill to the time rate of settlement predicted from the model. The time rate of settlement was much quicker in the field than predicted from the model. When the coefficient of consolidation was multiplied by 10 for the model, the results for time rate of settlement were close"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Stephenson, Richard Wesley
Committee Member(s)
McConnell, Cary L., 1945-
Lentz, Rodney
Richardson, David Newton
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Summer 1990
Pagination
x, 89 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-88).
Rights
© 1990 David Edward Schledorn, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Thesis Number
T 6103
Print OCLC #
22929362
Electronic OCLC #
993783662
Link to Catalog Record
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http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b2296856~S5Recommended Citation
Schledorn, David Edward, "Predicting the settlement behavior of partially saturated soils" (1990). Masters Theses. 917.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/917
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