過か圧あつ密みつ比ひ

noun

overconsolidation ratio; OCR

Technical term in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Refers to the ratio of the maximum past effective stress to the current effective stress.

• 過か圧あつ密みつ比ひが大おおきいほど、粘ねん土どの強きょう度どは高たかくなる傾けい向こうがある。

  The larger the overconsolidation ratio, the higher the strength of the clay tends to be.

• この地じ盤ばんの過か圧あつ密みつ比ひを求もとめるために、圧あつ密みつ試し験けんを行おこなった。

  A consolidation test was conducted to determine the overconsolidation ratio of this ground.