Soil properties and piezometer performance | |
| Author | Somchai Chongchaikit |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 1278 |
| Subject(s) | Soil permeability--Testing Soil consolidation test Piezometer |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This research is concerned mainly with the evaluation of piezometer response for the determination of soil permeability, k, coefficient of consolidation, C, and coefficient of volume change, m. Laboratory tests were carried out on several piezometers embedded in large triaxial specimens of several soil types, and field tests were carried out in Soft Bangkok Clay. The author's results and those of past investigators were widely interpreted using 'equalization charts' for cylindrical piezometers as modified by the author. The deduced soil properties from these charts were found to vary with the percentage of response. Times at 50% and 90% of response (tso & t90) were found to be the response times which gave soil properties comparable with those from other kinds of tests. Field response tests were found to be not reliable for the determination of soil properties because of experimental difficulties. |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1979 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Brand, E.W. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Prinya Nutalaya ; Akagi, Toshinobu |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Netherlands Government |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng. ) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1978 |