CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME WET CLAY SOILS AFTER REMOULDING TREATMENTS

  • Ou, Yinggang (Department of Agricultural Engineering South China Agricultural University) ;
  • Chen, Liancheng (Department of Agricultural Engineering South China Agricultural University)
  • Published : 1993.10.01

Abstract

In order to derive homogeneous remould soil sample, which is very important for obtaining reliable experimental results in terra-mechanics research, the characteristics of two clay soils at high moisture contents after remoulding treatment were investigated . It was found that with the remoulding process employed the coefficients of variation was less than 1.2% for the soil density and the soil could be treated as fully saturated soil. Therefore, the remoulded and will restore after a period of time. Some suggestiions were given follow the results of the drop cone test.

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