Reply to the discussion by G.H. Lei and J.Y. Shi on "Vacuum and surcharge combined one-dimensional consolidation of clay soils"

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
E Mohamedelhassan ◽  
J Q Shang
Keyword(s):  
Clay Soils ◽  
One Dimensional

Vacuum and surcharge combined one-dimensional consolidation of clay soils

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1126-1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Mohamedelhassan ◽  
J Q Shang
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Clay Soils ◽  
Soil Consolidation ◽  
Excess Pore Water Pressure ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Consolidation Model ◽  
The One ◽  
Excess Pore

In this study, a vacuum and surcharge combined one-dimensional consolidation model is developed. Terzaghi's consolidation theory is revisited by applying the initial and boundary conditions corresponding to combined vacuum and surcharge loading on a soil. A test apparatus is designed, manufactured, and assembled to verify the model. The apparatus has the capacity of applying designated vacuum and surcharge pressures to a soil specimen, and it allows for the measurement of the excess pore-water pressure, settlement, and volume change during the consolidation process. Two series of tests are performed using the apparatus on two reconstituted natural clay soils, namely, the Welland sediment at water contents close to its liquid limit and the Orleans clay, reconstituted and consolidated under an effective stress of 60 kPa. The former test series mimics the strengthening of a very soft soil, such as the hydraulic fill used in land reclamation. The latter test series is designed to study vacuum–surcharge combined strengthening of a consolidated soil. It is demonstrated from the experiments that the one-dimensional vacuum-surcharge consolidation model describes the consolidation behaviour of both soils well. The consolidation characteristics of the soils show no discrimination against the nature of the consolidation pressure, namely, whether they are consolidated under the vacuum pressure alone, under the surcharge pressure alone, or under a pressure generated by the combined application of vacuum and surcharge. The study concluded that the soil consolidation characteristics obtained from the conventional consolidation tests can be used in the design of vacuum preloading systems, provided that the one-dimensional loading condition prevails.Key words: consolidation, soil improvement, vacuum pressure, surcharge pressure, excess pore-water pressure, soil consolidation parameters.

scholarly journals Effects of temperature on consolidation and consistency of clayey soils

2020 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 09010
Author(s):  
Atsushi Ogawa ◽  
Atsushi Takai ◽  
Takumi Shimizu ◽  
Takeshi Katsumi
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Effect ◽  
Soft Clay ◽  
Clay Soils ◽  
Clayey Soils ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Thermal Improvement ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Consolidation Coefficient ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
Clay Ground

This study focuses on the effects of temperature on the consolidation property and consistency of clay for thermal improvement of soft clay ground. Although it is already known that an increase in temperature can accelerate consolidation of clay, the degree of the temperature effect has not yet been generalized between various clays. In this study, a series of one-dimensional consolidation tests at different temperatures (17, 23, 35, 50, and 65°C) using 2 processed clays and 3 natural clayey soils dredged at ports are presented. To evaluate the temperature effect on soil consistency, which might affect the consolidation behavior, atterberg limits of the clays were also evaluated at different temperatures. As a result, it was confirmed that, although the temperature effect on consistency limits varies depending on the type of clay, the consolidation coefficient increases with increase in temperature in all the clay soils tested.

A one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lecar
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Dimensional Phase Space ◽  
The Mean

“Dynamical mixing”, i.e. relaxation of a stellar phase space distribution through interaction with the mean gravitational field, is numerically investigated for a one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas. Qualitative results are presented in the form of a motion picture of the flow of phase points (representing homogeneous slabs of stars) in two-dimensional phase space.

Electron-Mirror Microscopic Aspects of Ferroelectric Domains of BaTiO3 And Ca2Sr (C2H5CO2)6

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 478-479
Author(s):  
Teruo Someya ◽  
Jinzo Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Ferroelectric Domain ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Surface Pattern ◽  
Crystal Surfaces ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ferroelectric Domains

Recent progress in the electron-mirror microscopy (EMM), e.g., an improvement of its resolving power together with an increase of the magnification makes it useful for investigating the ferroelectric domain physics. English has recently observed the domain texture in the surface layer of BaTiO3. The present authors ) have developed a theory by which one can evaluate small one-dimensional electric fields and/or topographic step heights in the crystal surfaces from their EMM pictures. This theory was applied to a quantitative study of the surface pattern of BaTiO3).

Structure and function of neural networks in the retina

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Peter Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Ganglion Cells ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Synaptic Connections ◽  
Visual Axis ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Cat Retina ◽  
Ultrathin Sections ◽  
And Function ◽  
Insight Into

The synaptic connections in cat retina that link photoreceptors to ganglion cells have been analyzed quantitatively. Our approach has been to prepare serial, ultrathin sections and photograph en montage at low magnification (˜2000X) in the electron microscope. Six series, 100-300 sections long, have been prepared over the last decade. They derive from different cats but always from the same region of retina, about one degree from the center of the visual axis. The material has been analyzed by reconstructing adjacent neurons in each array and then identifying systematically the synaptic connections between arrays. Most reconstructions were done manually by tracing the outlines of processes in successive sections onto acetate sheets aligned on a cartoonist's jig. The tracings were then digitized, stacked by computer, and printed with the hidden lines removed. The results have provided rather than the usual one-dimensional account of pathways, a three-dimensional account of circuits. From this has emerged insight into the functional architecture.

Intergrowth of modulated structures in high Tc Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-77
Author(s):  
A.Q. He ◽  
G.W. Qiao ◽  
J. Zhu ◽  
H.Q. Ye
Keyword(s):  
Twin Structure ◽  
Modulated Structure ◽  
High Tc ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Lattice Constants ◽  
Superconducting Phases ◽  
Modulated Structures ◽  
Layer Structures

Since the first discovery of high Tc Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor by Maeda et al, many EM works have been done on it. The results show that the superconducting phases have a type of ordered layer structures similar to that in Y-Ba-Cu-O system formulated in Bi2Sr2Can−1CunO2n+4 (n=1,2,3) (simply called 22(n-1) phase) with lattice constants of a=0.358, b=0.382nm but the length of c being different according to the different value of n in the formulate. Unlike the twin structure observed in the Y-Ba-Cu-O system, there is an incommensurate modulated structure in the superconducting phases of Bi system superconductors. Modulated wavelengths of both 1.3 and 2.7 nm have been observed in the 2212 phase. This communication mainly presents the intergrowth of these two kinds of one-dimensional modulated structures in 2212 phase.

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