"Finite Element Analyses of Stresses and Movements in Embankments During Construction," (F. H. Kulhawy, J. M. Duncan, and H. Bolton Seed), Office of Research Services, Report No. TE 69-4, University of California, November, 1969. 169 pages.
"Strength, Stress-Strain and Bulk Modulus Parameters...
BIGH summed it up pretty well. It matters if you are wanting drained or undrained strengths from ICU tests. If you want undrained strengths (and the soil is overconsolidated), then, as a minimum, you can consolidate one specimen back to the field vertical stress. Bjerrum had a good paper...
There are a couple of other papers that you might want to read. One is Seed, Mitchell and Chan from the 1960 Boulder Shear Strength Conference. And the best paper might be Kulhawy, Duncan, and Seed (1969). I think that it's a UCB report, and it's the best paper about UU strengths of compacted...
