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Appendix<br />

function was used to calculate the necessary volume to pressurize the system exemplarily for<br />

the VCL shown in Figure 27.<br />

Volume (mm3)<br />

0<br />

-5000<br />

-10000<br />

-15000<br />

-20000<br />

-25000<br />

-30000<br />

-35000<br />

0 100 200 300 400<br />

Confining Pressure (kPa)<br />

Figure 25: Volume necessary to pressurize cell (neg. volume means increase in water<br />

in triaxial cell)<br />

Volume (mm 3 )<br />

0<br />

-5000<br />

-10000<br />

-15000<br />

-20000<br />

-25000<br />

-30000<br />

-35000<br />

0 100 200 300 400<br />

y= 0,1549x 2 - 132,32x- 3172,8<br />

R 2 = 0,9952<br />

Confining Pressure (kPa)<br />

Figure 26: Regression line of one arm used to estimate a regression function for the<br />

volume response at a given pressure. (neg. volume means increase in water<br />

in triaxial cell)<br />

The influence of the water compressibility is significant as apparent from Figure 27, however<br />

as it is identical for all curves it would only shift them in total and not have an influence on<br />

their relations amongst each other. Resulting from this the water compressibility was not<br />

taken into account in the previous discussion.<br />

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

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