Evaluation of Surcharging to Reduce Secondary Consolidation for Kunsan Clay

The accurate evaluation of settlement is important to every steps in the constructions involving soft soils. Relating with those constructions, especially, it has been emphasized recently that the influnce of secondary settlement is important. The ratio of $C_a/C_c$ and the surcharging tests can be applied collaboratively to predicting and reducing secondary consolidation. A series of incremental loading consolidation test and surcharging tests for undisturbed samples of Kunsan clay were performed in this study. As a result of the tests, the ratio of $C_a/C_c$ for the clay was found to be 0.0329. Also, the relationship between void ratio and $t/t_p$ was shown to be linear. Accordingly, the secondary compression index, $C_a for a long term loading had a constant value regardless of time. When the total surcharge ratio was 0.4 and the dissipation ratio of excessive porewater pressure was in the range from 80% to 100%, secondary settlement was effectively reduced for Kunsan clay.

군산점토의 2차압밀 감소를 위한 Surcharging 평가

연약지반에서의 건설은 각 단계별 정확한 침하량 예측이 중요하다. 특히, 최근 2차침하의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 2차침하를 예측하고 조절하는 하나의 합리적인 접근방법으로서 2차침하 감소를 위한 surcharging 시험과 경험적인 $C_a$(2차압축지수)/ $C_c$(l차압축지수)비를 활용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 군산지역의 연약지반에서 채취된 불교란 시료를 이용하여 단계압밀시험과 surcharging 시험을 수행하였다. 시험 결과 군산점토의 $C_a/C_c$ 값은 0.0329이며, 간극비 $-t/t_p$ 관계가 선형관계를 구해지므로 장기간 하중 조건에서 2차압축지수는 시간에 관계없이 일정한 것으로 볼 수 있었다. 또한 군산점토에 대해서는 전체 surcharge 비가 0.4이고 과잉간극수압 소산비가 80~100%일 때, 2차침하량을 효과적으로 감소시킬수 있는것으로 나타났다.