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The compression and consolidation anisotropy of 11 soft soils were studied by conducting oedometer tests on sets of duplicate undisturbed specimens prepared in the vertical and horizontal directions from adjacent sections of carefully sampled borehole cores. The one-dimensional compression, yield and creep characteristics of the various silts, clays and amorphous peaty material tested were similar for the vertical and horizontal directions. The exception was the structured, coarse fibrous peaty material which was strongly cross-anisotropic. Drainage occurred more rapidly in the horizontal direction with horizontal-to-vertical permeability ratios r k of 1.0–1.7. Higher r k values were associated with more marked fabrics, namely for clays with fine sand partings, fibrous organic inclusions or fine root-holes and the laminated silts. The r k value was for practical purposes independent of the stress level.
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Brendan C. O’Kelly: Formerly Scott Wilson Consulting Engineers, UK
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O’Kelly, B.C. Compression and consolidation anisotropy of some soft soils. Geotech Geol Eng 24, 1715–1728 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-005-5760-0
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