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Question: Soil Mechanics and Foundations 3rd. Edition

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Calculating Cc from Test Data 

At a vertical stress of 200 kPa, the void ratio of a saturated soil sample tested in an oedometer is 1.52 Problem Solving for

and lies on the normal consolidation line. An increment of vertical stress of 150 kPa compresses the $ 3.95

sample to a void ratio of 1.43.

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(a) Determine the compression index ,Cc , of the soil.

(b) The sample was unloaded to a vertical stress of 200 kPa, and the void ratio increased to 1.45.
Determine the slope of the recompression index, Cr .

(c) What is the over consolidation ratio of the soil at stage (b)?
(d) If the soil were reloaded to a vertical stress of 500 kPa, what void ratio would be attained?

Strategy: Draw a sketch of the soil response on a plot of vertical effective stress (log scale) versus void
ratio. Use this sketch to answer the various questions.

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Step 1: Determine Cc

Cc is the slope AB shown in Figure E9.8

−(1.43−1.52)
Cc = log(350/200)
= 0.37
Step 2: Determine [altex]C_{r}[/latex].

Cr r is the slope of BC in Figure E9.8.

−(1.43−1.45)
Cr = log(350/200)=0.08
Step 3: Determine the overconsolidation ratio.

Past maximum vertical effective stress: σ’ze = 350 kP a

Current vertical effective stress: σ’z = 200 kP a

350
OCR = σ’ze
σ’z
= 200
= 1.75
Step 4: Calculate the void ratio at 500 kPa. The void ratio at 500 kPa is
the void ratio at D on the normal consolidation line (Figure E9.8).

eD = eB − Cc log ( 500
350 ) = 1.43 − 0.37 log 1.43 = 1.37

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