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Appendix<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

0,0<br />

100,0<br />

200,0<br />

300,0<br />

400,0<br />

500,0<br />

600,0<br />

700,0<br />

800,0<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120<br />

VCL A+R Cell Slow<br />

Original 900<br />

VCL Average 3<br />

VCL Average 5<br />

VCL Average Dense<br />

Figure 40: Predicted soil displacement using averaged VCLs at 1.4 g/cm 3<br />

These results lead to a comparison of the predicted and measured soil displacement on dense<br />

and soft soil condition for the averaged VCLs. The “VCL A+R Cell Slow” was not included<br />

anymore as it agrees well with the “VCL Average 5”. Overall all averaged VCLs agree well<br />

with measured soil displacement for the 900/10.5/1.9 on both weak and dense soil conditions.<br />

The average of the VCLs gained on dense soil shows the closest agreement on the dense soil<br />

and has the biggest overprediction on the weak soil. This overprediction is probably due to the<br />

weaker soil structure at a higher axial load while maintaining confining pressure. The average<br />

of 5 and 3 are virtually identical on dense soil conditions and only show some deviation on<br />

the weak soil conditions. On weak soil conditions as shown previously in Figure 40 the<br />

preselected averaged 3 curves show a larger underestimation of soil displacement than the<br />

average of 5. The average of 5 agrees over the entire depth well with the measured soil<br />

displacement. It only shows a very slight underestimation of soil displacement in the top 300<br />

mm and a slight overestimation in the bottom 300 mm.<br />

Very interesting is the general fact that virgin compression lines which should uniquely<br />

describe soil density change with pressure depending on mean normal pressure differ<br />

significantly if � 1 is larger than � 2 and� 3 , i.e. if additional axial load is applied. The virgin<br />

compression line depends on the stress state of � 1,<br />

� 2 ,and� 3 and only if these represent real<br />

field conditions the VCL does correspond to the VCL gained from the pass of the tyres.<br />

Moreover as Figure 41 showed, if the soil conditions which are used to measure soil<br />

displacement are replicated in the triaxial cell, the predictions from resulting VCL will most<br />

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

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