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PRESENTED BY:
SHUBHAM KUMAR
GUIDED BY:
Prof S.P.MUKHERJEE
CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
TYPES OF CONSOLIDATION DEPENDING UPON STRESS HISTORY
1-D CONSOLIDATION THEORY OF TERZAGHI
SAND DRAINS
APPLICATION OF CONSOLIDATION
CONCLUSION
REFRENCES
INTRODUCTION
When a soil mass is subjected to a compressive force its
volume decreases this property of soil is compressibility of
soil .The compression in soil can occur due to
Compression of solid particles and water in the voids
Compression and expulsion of air in the void
Expulsion of water in the void
CONSOLIDATION PROCESS
PRIMARY CONSOLIDATION: expulsion of water from the
void of soil grain.
SECONDARY CONSOLIDATION: If the load applied is
constantly acting even after the expulsion of water then
due to plastic rearrangement of soil solids further
settlement occur which is called as secondary
consolidation of soil.
TYPES OF SOIL
DEPENDING UPON STRESS HISTORY
consolidation ratio=
Over
NORMALLY CONSOLIDATED:-The present effective stress is
the maximum stress that it has ever experienced in its stress
history.
OCR=1
OVER CONSOLIDATED :The effective stress is less than the
pre consolidation stress .
OCR>1
TERZAGHIS THEORY OF ONE
DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION
According to Karl Von Terzagahi consolidation is any
process which involves a decrease in water content of
saturated soil without replacement of water by air.
Mechanical model of consolidation
Assumptions
Mathematical formula
Non dimensional parameter
MECHANICAL MODEL OF
CONSOLIDATION
spring represents skeleton of saturated soil.
Water in the vessel represents the water filling in the voids in the
soil.
The perforations in the pistons are analogous to the void in the
soil.