ample Preparation of Kaolinite Clay Specimen using Slurry Consolidation. (a) Pre ared Clay Slurry with 155% Water Content, (b) Teflon Consolidometers with Clay Slurry at Applied Vertical Stress of 207 kPa, (c) Clay Specimen (Height=Diameter=102mm) after K 0 Consolidation S p  

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... of Kaolinite clay were produced by using a two-stage slurry consolidation technique described by Penumadu et al. (1998). Figure 1 shows the setup for specimen preparation in the laboratory. The clay slurry was prepared with 155% water content corresponding to 2.5 times its liquid limit (62%), as suggested by Sheeran and Krizek (1971) to avoid the influence of the method of placement in consolidometer. ...

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... clay slurry was prepared with 155% water content corresponding to 2.5 times its liquid limit (62%), as suggested by Sheeran and Krizek (1971) to avoid the influence of the method of placement in consolidometer. Figures 1a, b, and c respectively show the prepared clay slurry, the Teflon slurry consolidometer, and the prepared clay specimen. The slurry was consolidated under K 0 condition at a vertical effective stress of 207 kPa until the primary consolidation was completed. ...

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... maximum target consolidation pressure was applied during slurry stage of the specimen in order to minimize the effect of the consolidometer wall deformation during K 0 consolidation process of specimen preparation. Solid cylindrical clay specimens of 102 mm diameter and 102 mm height were obtained after slurry consolidation, as shown in Figure 1. The clay specimens with height to diameter ratio of 1 (slenderness ratio =1) were used in the present study as per the recommendations of Rowe and Barden (1964). ...

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... hear deform an h ay on i c ay contributed to a correspondingly small variation in deviator stre fore, the confining pressure showed a stronger influence on the s l ation behaviour of NC clay than HOC clay. Figure 10 shows the effective stress paths (compression or extension test) of NC and HOC clay, and the stress states are normalized by p o '. The normalized effective stress paths for triaxial compression tests on NC clay showed a marked influence of the p o ' values; whereas, the effective stress paths for extension tests for NC clay exhibited little variation with respect to p o '. ...