Public test guide

Oedometer consolidation

Measures how a confined soil specimen compresses with time under vertical loading.

Plain-language explanation

What the test tells you.

The project specification controls the exact method and acceptance requirement.

A specimen is held laterally in a rigid ring and subjected to controlled load increments while vertical movement is recorded.

Undisturbed or prepared specimen, oedometer ring, loading frame, porous stones and displacement gauge.

Compressibility, consolidation rate and settlement-related parameters under one-dimensional loading.

Helps estimate how compressible layers may settle beneath buildings, fills, roads or other applied loads.

Typical test sequence

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