Effect of disturbance on the compressibility of marine clay in Korea

Y. S. Chae, W. J. Lee, N. J. Yoo, S. J. Yu, J. K. Kim

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Abstract

This study describes the compressibility of marine clays at southern and western coasts in Korea. In order to evaluate the effect of disturbance on the compressibility, a series of various laboratory consolidation tests are performed on the specimens obtained by large block sampling and piston sampler. It is observed that the volumetric strain of large block sample is smaller than that of piston samples and the compression index of large block sample is larger than that of piston sample. An empirical equation of compression index is suggested in this study, considering the effect of sampling. The usage of suggested empirical relation is expected to provide more reasonable prediction of settlement than using the compressibility obtained from the result of tests on piston samples.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationThe Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Pages392-395
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009 - Alexandria, Egypt
Duration: 2009 Oct 52009 Oct 9

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume1

Other

Other17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityAlexandria
Period09/10/509/10/9

Keywords

  • Compression index
  • Large block sample
  • Marine clay
  • Sampling disturbance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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