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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2007.23.9.5

Behaviors of Soft Bangkok Clay behind Diaphragm Wall Under Unloading Compression Triaxial Test  

Le, Nghia Trong (Chulalongkorn Univ.)
Teparaksa, Wanchai (D. Eng., Chulalongkorn Univ.)
Mitachi, Toshiyuki (D. Eng., Hokkaido Univ.)
Kawaguchi, Takayuki (D. Eng., Hakodate National College of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.23, no.9, 2007 , pp. 5-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
The simple linear elastic-perfectly plastic model with soil parameters $s_u,\;E_u$ and n of undrained condition is usually applied to predict the displacement of a constructed diaphragm wall(DW) on soft soils during excavation. However, the application of this soil model for finite element analysis could not interpret the continued increment of the lateral displacement of the DW for the large and deep excavation area both during the elapsed time without activity of excavation and after finishing excavation. To study the characteristic behaviors of soil behind the DW during the periods without excavation, a series of tests on soft Bangkok clay samples are simulated in the same manner as stress condition of soil elements happening behind diaphragm wall by triaxial tests. Three kinds of triaxial tests are carried out in this research: $K_0$ consolidated undrained compression($CK_0U_C$) and $K_0$ consolidated drained/undrained unloading compression with periodic decrement of horizontal pressure($CK_0DUC$ and $CK_0UUC$). The study shows that the shear strength of series $CK_0DUC$ tests is equal to the residual strength of $CK_0UC$ tests. The Young's modulus determined at each decrement step of the horizontal pressure of soil specimen on $CK_0DUC$ tests decreases with increase in the deviator stress. In addition, the slope of Critical State Line of both $CK_0UC$ and $CK_0DUC$ tests is equal. Moreover, the axial and radial strain rates of each decrement of horizontal pressure step of $CK_0DUC$ tests are established with the function of time, a slope of critical state line and a ratio of deviator and mean effective stress. This study shows that the results of the unloading compression triaxial tests can be used to predict the diaphragm wall deflection during excavation.
Keywords
Diaphragm wall; Elapsed time; Horizontal pressure; Lateral Displacement; Periodic decrement; Triaxial test; Unloading compression;
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