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Appendix<br />

Rel. Density<br />

2<br />

1,9<br />

1,8<br />

1,7<br />

1,6<br />

1,5<br />

1,4<br />

1 10 100 1000<br />

Mean Normal Pressure (kPa)<br />

VCL Radial<br />

VCL Radial and Axial<br />

VCL from Soil Bin (0.38)<br />

Figure 34: Virgin compression lines for radial and radial-axial loading with sandy<br />

Rel. Density<br />

1,89<br />

1,87<br />

1,85<br />

1,83<br />

1,81<br />

1,79<br />

1,77<br />

1,75<br />

loam soil at 9 % moisture content<br />

10 100<br />

Mean Normal Pressure (kPa)<br />

VCL1<br />

Soil Bin VCL<br />

VCL3<br />

VCL 4<br />

VCL6<br />

VCL 2 Second Day<br />

VCL RadAx 1st<br />

Time Worked<br />

Figure 35: Replication of radial-axial loading to get a feeling for the variation<br />

The data in Figure 35 shows that it is difficult to reproduce similar results with this method.<br />

To judge which one of these curves would represent the appropriate VCL for the soil bin soil<br />

without the Soil Bin VCL as reference would be impossible. Therefore in a next step all five<br />

curves were averaged to gain an overall average VCL. Additionally the three VCLs, closest to<br />

the soil bin VCL, were averaged, VCL1, 3, and VCL2 second day, respectively. Both average<br />

VCLs were obtained by accounting for water compressibility, too. The initial curves had not<br />

been adjusted as the confining pressure is the same for all since the adjustment does not<br />

influence total variance. The average VCLs are shown in Figure 36 including the soil bin<br />

VCL as reference. The average of all five VCLs exhibits a good agreement with the soil bin<br />

VCL. Only taking the three closest VCLs into consideration, results in a VCL which would<br />

indicate the soil to be too strong.<br />

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

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