Study on the Shear Structural Yield of Soft Soil Affected by Drainage Condition

Abstract:

Four kinds of tri-axial shear structural yield stress is studied by controlling the pre-test consolidate degree and draining condition during the test. The results showed that draining condition influenced the tri-axial shear structural yield stress. When under the UU condition, structural characteristics appeared not clearly; when consolidated before testing and un-drained during test, only the undisturbed soil performed the structural yield stress; when draining during testing, the undisturbed soil showed the increased structural yield stress while the remolded soil could form certain structure. The impact of the draining condition on the structural characteristics is incurred by the change of the internal structure, which means that the draining condition have changed the arrangement and connection of the soil particles, then changed the soil structural properties.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 256-259)
• Pages: 416-421
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.256-259.416
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Ai Wu Yang, Ling Wei Kong, Li Qiang Lu
• Keywords: Drainage Condition, Mechanic, Soft Dredger Fill, Structural Yield

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