Abstract
Consolidation characteristics have been investigated by using Rowe cell consolidation tester for dredged soil, which is more than two times as much as the liquid limit. To examine the effects of variation of water content on consolidation characteristic, tests were carried out varying the initial water content from $100\%\;to\;150\%.$ The results were compared with the consolidation characteristics of remolded clay. The test results showed that the hither the initial water content of dredged clay was, the more noticeable the non-linear behavior of e-log P curves occurred. The variation of the gradient was apparent to load stage 40kPa and became less apparent after load stage 80kPa on the e-log P curves. Ratio of compression index stayed within the range suggested by Mesri and variation of initial water content has hardly influenced the coefficient of consolidation. On the contrary, it was found that the magnitude of consolidation load affects the vertical coefficient of consolidation. The variation of stratum thickness during consolidation processing needs to be taken into consideration since hydraulic fill would go through a much larger scale strain than land soil when it is subject to a load. In this study, the consolidation period considering the variation of stratum thickness was analyzed and the results were compared with those of existing consolidation studies which did not consider the variation of stratum thickness. According to the results of the study, the consolidation period of the ground with a larger strain was calculated more close to observed value in case of Mikasa theory which takes the variation of stratum thickness into consideration.
액성한계 두 배 이상의 매우 높은 함수비를 갖는 준설점토의 압밀특성을 파악하기 위해 Rowe cell 압밀시험기를 사용하여 압밀시험을 실시하였다. 초기함수비 변화가 압밀특성에 주는 영향을 검토하기 위해서 함수비를 $100\~150\%로$ 변화시켜서 실험을 수행하였고 재성형 준설점토의 압밀특성과 비교하였다. 실험결과로부터 준설점토의 초기함수비가 증가할수록 e-logP 곡선의 비선형적 거동이 뚜렷하였고, 하중단계 40kPa까지는 곡선의 기울기 변화가 급변하였으며 그 이후의 하중단계에서는 완만한 형상을 보여주었다. 압축지수비는 Mesri(1973)가 제안한 값의 범위 내에 존재하였으며, 초기함수비변화가 압밀계수에 미치는 영향은 거의 없었고 오히려 압밀하중의 크기가 연직압밀계수에 영향을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 대형압밀시험기를 이용하여 압밀기간 중 층 두께의 변화를 고려하여 압밀기간을 산정하는 Mikasa이론과 그렇지 않은 Terzaghi의 이론을 비교하였다. 그 결과 변형률이 큰 지반에서의 압밀기간은 압밀기간 중 층 두께의 변화를 고려한 Mikasa 이론의 경우가 그렇지 않은 경우보다 실측치에 근사하게 산정되었다.
