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Simplified analysis of creep for preloaded reconstituted soft alluvial soil from Famagusta Bay

  • Garoushi, Ali Hossien Basheer (Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Eastern Mediterranean University) ;
  • Uygar, Eris (Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Eastern Mediterranean University)
  • Received : 2020.09.08
  • Accepted : 2021.12.07
  • Published : 2022.01.25
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Abstract

Preloading of soft clays is a common ground stabilization method for improvement of compressibility and the undrained shear strength. The waiting period under preload is a primary design criterion controlling the degree of improvement obtained. Upon unloading the overconsolidation attained with respect to actual loads defines the long term performance. This paper presents a laboratory study for investigation of creep behavior of Famagusta Bay alluvial soft soil preloaded under various effective stresses for analysis of long term performance based on the degree of overconsolidation. Traditional one-dimensional consolidation tests as well as modified creep tests are performed on reconstituted soft specimens. Compressibility parameters are precisely backcalculated using one dimensional consolidation theory and the coefficient of creep is determined using the traditional Cassagrande method as well as two modified methods based on log cycles of time and the inflection of the creep curve. The test results indicated that the long term creep can be successfully predicted considering the proposed method. The creep coefficients derived as part of this method can also be related to the recompression index (recompression index, swelling index) considering the results of the testing method adopted in this study.

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