Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Effect of Filtration Coefficient Determination Method on the Scale Effect in Water-Saturated Fine-Grained Soils

  • SOIL MECHANICS
  • Published:
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Aims and scope

The methods of calculating the filtration coefficient k from data obtained in tests performed under the conditions of one-dimensional consolidation in terms of consolidation coefficient c v , compressibility a v and volume compressibility m v , average particle size D 10, and void ratio e are investigated. The evaluated k used in the PLAXIS software system is taken for comparison. The filtration coefficients determined by different methods were used to study the scale effect in the Mohr-Coulomb model. The excess pore pressure for different diameter to height ratios of a sample was in better agreement with the values predicted by using k determined in PLAXIS. This is explained in part by the variability of the filtration coefficient during consolidation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. C. Liu and J. B. Evett, Soils and Foundations, Prentice Hall (2005), SI editions.

  2. F. D. Masch and K. J. Denny, "Grain size distribution and its effect on permeability," Water Resources Research, No. 2(4), 665-677 (1966).

  3. A. Singh and S. Noor, "Estimation of soil permeability using soil index properties," Int.J. Latest Trends in Eng. and Techn. (IJLTET), No. 1(4), 31-33 (2012).

  4. R. G. Shepherd, "Correlations of permeability and grain size," Ground Water, No. 27(5), 633-638 (1989).

  5. T. N. Rosine and T. T. Sabbagh, "The impact of the diameter to height ratio on the compressibility parameters of saturated fine-grained soils," Int. J. Research and Eng. Techn., No. 4(5), 8-19 (2015).

  6. British Standard, BS1377: PART 2: Methods of tests of soils for civil engineering purposes - Classification Tests (1990).

  7. American Society for Testing and Materials D4318: Standard test method for liquid limit, Plastic limit and plasticity index of soils (2010).

  8. J. E. Bowles, Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw-Hill Kogakusha Ltd (1977), 2nd ed.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. The University of Salford, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

    T. N. Rozine & T. Toma Sabbagh

Authors
  1. T. N. Rozine
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. T. Toma Sabbagh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 6, pp. 6-9, November-December, 2016.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Rozine, T.N., Toma Sabbagh, T. Effect of Filtration Coefficient Determination Method on the Scale Effect in Water-Saturated Fine-Grained Soils. Soil Mech Found Eng 53, 376–380 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-017-9415-y

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-017-9415-y

Search

Navigation