https://communities.bentley.com/members/07878b2d_2d00_c4c5_2d00_4443_2d00_98fd_2d00_c4f6ded47769Recent activity for people in Dinesh Bishnoi's communityen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/460ac7df-7ccc-4c42-a204-9e05eef3be09Mon, 31 Jul 2023 02:28:04 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:61b7f300-606f-4e9b-8d3d-f0b35e084011Ask a question in a forum.https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/f/forum/248339/pref-values-for-test-conducted-at-atmospheric-conditionsMon, 31 Jul 2023 18:53:30 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:eb52fc83-8827-44ca-be9a-b15fafc01b48Dinesh Bishnoi<p>Hello, for compression test performed at atmospheric conditions i.e. unconfined compression test, whether Pref should be taken as 100 kPa?&nbsp;</p> <p>During triaxial testing, we provide confining pressure of 100kpa then the values of E will be corresponding to 100kpa or 100kpa+atmospheric pressure i.e. 200 kpa?<br />Also, if we want to create a model of the sample then should we apply a pressure of 100kpa from all directions to simulate the test at atmospheric conditions?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>