Description
First publication of its kind in 25 years, this 900-page volume serves as an engineer’s guide for triaxial testing. Subjects include: equipment, test methods, and test interpretation and errors, and new test varieties.
Gas types, zonation present in marine sediments, the corresponding mechanism of bubble formation, and methods of performing traxial tests on gassy sediments are discussed. Gases (methane and hydrogen sulfide; methane gas predominates) may be found either in solution or in the bubble phase in the sediment. A method to estimate the amount of gas that theoretically comes out of solution is shown. The result of gas bubbles is a reduction in the bulk modulus of the pore fluid. The bulk modulus of a gas-water mixture decreases with incresing fluid pressure. Results of decreasing bulk modulus are shown to reduce the pore pressure increment per application of a load increment. Triaxial testing techniques are recommended when (1) gas is in solution, (2) gas is in the bubble phase, and (3) gas is still evolving.
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