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Design and development of a laboratory suction measuring device
| dc.creator | Ayhan, Serpil Rezzan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:43:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:43:40Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1996 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1996-THESIS-A943 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The compaction of the landfill clay liner at wet of optimum moisture content with a suitable type of compaction is the most common way of decreasing liner hydraulic conductivity. However, when the clay liner compacted in this way is located in an and region, it loses water and cracks. Cracks decrease the performance of the clay liner as a contaminant barrier. The loss of water is due to the suction head gradient between the liner and the and region soil. In this research, a laboratory test method to determine the soil suction is proposed. A dew point hygrometer was used to measure the soil suction. Calibration experiments were run with salt solutions at different osmotic suction levels. Control experiments were conducted with clay soils of predetermined suction with a transistor psychrometer. The design and development stages of the suction measuring device are explained. A calibration model is proposed. The replacement of the temperature sensor and modification of the air tubing used in the device are recommended to improve the accuracy and reliability of the measurements. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | civil engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major civil engineering. | en |
| dc.title | Design and development of a laboratory suction measuring device | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | civil engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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