Abstract

A comparison has been made between consolidated undrained tests on separate soil specimens and multistage testing of a single specimen. Three series of samples were prepared, two of the series consisting of remolded kaolin in each of which the specimens were lightly overconsolidated under K0 conditions, and one series consisting of undisturbed specimens of soft silty clay from a site at Fulford near York in England. It is concluded from these tests that although some differences arise from the two methods, the results from multistage tests are adequate for practical purposes both in the prediction of failure conditions and in the prediction of deformations and pore pressure response under working loads. In view of the number of advantages accruing from multistage testing, it is recommended that this method should be used in the routine triaxial testing of soft lightly overconsolidated clays of low sensitivity.

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