An object describing a consolidation test procedure. This test is performed to determine themagnitude and rate of volume decrease that a laterally confined soil specimenundergoes when subjected to different vertical pressures. From the measured data,the consolidation curve (pressure-void ratio relationship) can be plotted. This datais useful in determining the compression index (slope of virgin curve), therecompression index (slope of recompression curve) and the preconsolidation pressure(or maximum past pressure) of the soil. In addition, the data obtained can also beused to determine the coefficient of consolidation and the coefficient of secondarycompression of the soil.
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<element abstract="false" name="ConsolidationTest" substitutionGroup="diggs:AbstractLaboratoryTestProcedure" type="diggs_geo:ConsolidationTestType"><annotation><documentation>An object describing a consolidation test procedure. This test is performed to determine the magnitude and rate of volume decrease that a laterally confined soil specimen undergoes when subjected to different vertical pressures. From the measured data, the consolidation curve (pressure-void ratio relationship) can be plotted. This data is useful in determining the compression index (slope of virgin curve), the recompression index (slope of recompression curve) and the preconsolidation pressure (or maximum past pressure) of the soil. In addition, the data obtained can also be used to determine the coefficient of consolidation and the coefficient of secondary compression of the soil.</documentation></annotation></element>