Experimental Investigation on the Pressure Distribution Law and Calculation Method of Muddy Water with High Silt Content

Table 3

Data of muddy water pressure varying with time with silt content of 1059.3 kg/m³.

Test time (hours)	External pressure value (kPa)	The horizontal pressure (kPa)	The vertical pressure (kPa)	- (kPa)
0	300	308.2	308.4	-0.2	0.999
1.4	300	307.6	308.4	-0.8	0.997
3.5	300	307.2	308.4	-1.2	0.996
7	300	307.4	308.4	-1	0.997
23	300	306.8	308.4	-1.6	0.995
29.6	300	306.7	308.4	-1.7	0.994
47.3	300	307	308.4	-1.4	0.995
72.2	300	306	308.4	-2.4	0.992
76.2	300	305.7	308.4	-2.7	0.991
144.7	300	306.4	308.4	-2	0.994
240.0	300	307.4	308.4	-1	0.997