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Steven Hopkins (ID.1054800)
SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY COURSEWORK Evaluation of the Empirical Correlations used in Settlement Analysis February 2010
Steven Hopkins (ID.1054800)
CONTENTS
1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 3.1 3.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.0 6.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 Stages of a Typical Settlement Analysis – Fine Soils ...................................................... 2 Immediate Settlement ................................................................................................... 2 Consolidation Settlement .............................................................................................. 2 Secondary Compression ............................................................................................... 4 Stages of a Typical Settlement Analysis – Other Soils .................................................... 5 Granular Soils ............................................................................................................... 5 Organic Soils ................................................................................................................ 6 Laboratory Testing ........................................................................................................... 7 Laboratory Testing ........................................................................................................... 7 Oedometer Test............................................................................................................. 7 Rowe Cell ..................................................................................................................... 7 Evaluation of the Test methods .................................................................................... 8 Summary of Commonly Available Test Data .................................................................. 9 Correlations with Between...