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Settlement in Clay above water table
Come on Focht3, the original question was how to calculate settlements in unsaturated clay. Why would someone want to use saturated undrained soil properties for an unsaturated clay? As I mentioned before, saturated undrained modulus values should be higher upper bound values, i.e., less...- geofred
- Post #18
- Forum: Geotechnical engineering general discussion
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Settlement in Clay above water table
I think a 1-D compression test is an applicable method for estimating settlement in unsaturated clays. Unless local experience is already available, I would perform the test both unsaturated and with inundation to evaluate possible effects of inundation. It should be kept in mind that...- geofred
- Post #16
- Forum: Geotechnical engineering general discussion
