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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2014.30.2.19

A Change of Porewater Pressure under Particle Crushing of Carbonate Sand of Sabkha Layer  

Kim, Seok-Ju (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Gyeongbuk Provincial College)
Yi, Chang-Tok (Dept. of Civil, Safety and Environmental Engrg., Hankyong National Univ.)
Ji, Won-Baek (Plant Civil Design Team, DAEWOO Engineer Engrg. & Construction Co. Ltd.)
Han, Heui-Soo (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.30, no.2, 2014 , pp. 19-32 More about this Journal
Abstract
Carbonate sand of Sabkha layer in the middle east was made of deposition of shell fragments and it consisted of porous particles containing inner void. Generally, at yield stress the soil structure begins to break down, so the porewater pressure and the settlement are increased rapidly. In carbonate sand, unlike quartz sand if particle crushing happens, the inner voids are exposed and porewater pressure can be decreased under yield stress. Porewater pressure can be determined as the sum of excess porewater pressure due to increase of relative density, inner void expose of particle under particle crushing stress and rearrangement of crushed particle fragments. The porewater pressure can be negative value in case of greater amount of inner void expose, so if particle crushing is bigger, the porewater pressure value is smaller. The negative value zone of porewater pressure from triaxial test result means particle crushing effect is bigger than outer void decrease effect and the particle crushing effect dominant zone size was 1.50∼3.46% from triaxial test result of Sabkha layer.
Keywords
Sabkha; Particle crushing; Carbonate sand; Porewater pressure; Triaxial test;
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