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The authors have proposed a simplified method based on the isotache concept by using a compression curve and a relationship between the preconsolidation pressure and the strain rate. The former and the latter can be obtained from one constant rate of strain consolidation test (CRS test) and one long-term consolidation test (LT test), respectively. The latter is expressed by an equation with three isotache parameters initially determined for Osaka Bay clays but generalized to worldwide inorganic clays with various characteristics.
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Watabe, Y., Leroueil, S. (2013). Simplified Modelling of Isotache Concept for Consolidation. In: Yang, Q., Zhang, JM., Zheng, H., Yao, Y. (eds) Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32814-5_15
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