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Criteria for Consolidation completion and suction equilibrium

Thread starter Bardia84
Start date Oct 14, 2014

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Oct 14, 2014

Bardia84

Civil/Environmental

Hi all,

I am running a test in triaxial setup with suction measurement, and currently is at isotropic compression stage. I was wondering what is the criteria for equilibrium of the suction and consolidation.

I mean like in how many seconds if the volume strain changes this much, it means it is consolidated?

Same for suction.

Thanks,
Bardia