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Appendix<br />

11.1.5.1 Confining Pressure Applied<br />

In the first sequence only confining pressure was applied as this is the commonly referred<br />

way in literature to gain a virgin compression line according to Leeson and Campbell (1983).<br />

In the second subchapter a higher axial stress will be applied.<br />

11.1.5.1.1 Influence of Time of Loading<br />

In the first set of tests only confining pressure was applied to the soil samples. The samples<br />

were loaded to 100 kPa, unloaded and then reloaded up to 250 kPa. The short loading time<br />

from the soil bin can not be repeated because cell pressure can not be changed<br />

instantaneously. The influence of loading time on virgin compression parameters was<br />

investigated by allowing the system different amounts of time to reach each set pressure.<br />

Figure 22 shows the results from the experiments with different time spans used for loading.<br />

The different starting points at the beginning are due to slightly different initial densities.<br />

However, the curves merge at approximately 100 kPa indicating that differences in initial<br />

density do not affect the final results which agrees with the theory. The shortest loading time<br />

allowed 30 min to reach the set pressure, the medium loading time allowed 120 min to reach<br />

each set pressure and the slow curve was allowed 360 min to reach the maximum pressure. As<br />

obvious from the diagram there are no differences amongst the treatments and no clear<br />

tendency with loading time is visible either. Natural variation has a larger influence than the<br />

allowed time scale. This is shown with the slow VCL, which is expected to be the weakest<br />

due to the amount of time allowed to compact, but on the contrary, it is in fact the strongest.<br />

Rel. Density<br />

2,1<br />

2<br />

1,9<br />

1,8<br />

1,7<br />

VCL FAST 4th Testday<br />

1,6<br />

VCL 1 DENSE 4th Testday<br />

1,5<br />

VCL Medium 4th Testday<br />

VCL1 Slow<br />

1,4<br />

O'Sullivan<br />

1,3<br />

Full Pressure<br />

1,2<br />

1<br />

0.38 Pressure<br />

10 100 1000<br />

Mean Normal Pressure (kPa)<br />

Figure 22: The influence of loading time on the shape of virgin compression lines and<br />

virgin compression lines from tyre data (pressure) and from literature<br />

(O’Sullivan et al, 1998)<br />

Ph.D. Thesis Dirk Ansorge (2007)<br />

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