We are having some triaxial testing conducted on sensitive clays.
During the consolidation stage the volume changes took place fairly quickly, but it took quite long for the excess pore pressures to dissipate.
I am well acquainted with determining the shear speed using the t100 (volume change)...
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We need to conduct sampling on a Tailings Storage Facility.
Can anyone recommend a simple and effective way to sample from the facility. From experience, rotary core drilling and using Shelby tubes are not ideal. Ideally we need to sample at a depth of 3-5m.
I understand that sonic...
