Modification of volumetric pressure plate extractor

• Main Authors: Rahardjo, Harianto, Yoo, K. S.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101477; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7361
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A volumetric pressure plate (extractor) can be used to measure the soil-water characteristic curve in the laboratory using the axis translation technique. The volume of extracted water from the soil specimen in the volumetric pressure plate can be continuously measured during the test without the st...