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Description
Title
Electrical Treatment of Clays
Author(s)
Schifano, Vito Christian
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Mesri, Gholamreza
Department of Study
Civil Engineering
Discipline
Civil Engineering
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Engineering, Environmental
Language
eng
Abstract
A thorough review of literature studies as well as an original experimental investigation program on electro-osmotic flow in clays was carried out for the present thesis. Short-term steady state electro-osmotic flow tests were performed on specimens of Wyoming bentonite/Ottawa sand mixture. Long-term steady state electro-osmotic flow tests were performed on specimens of Wyoming bentonite/Ottawa sand mixture, undisturbed Brenna clay (Fargo, North Dakota), and undisturbed Chicago blue clay. Electro-osmotic consolidation tests were carried out on undisturbed specimens of Brenna clay and Chicago blue clay. The results of these laboratory tests were integrated with data from the literature or data obtained from interpretation of literature studies to investigate the behavior of electro-osmotic flow in clays as a function of fundamental variables.
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