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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2015.31.7.5

A Study on the Soil Conversion Factor of Underwater Soils  

Park, Sung-Sik (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.)
Bae, Yeon-Hoi (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.)
Moon, Hong-Duk (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Gyeongnam National Univ. of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.31, no.7, 2015 , pp. 5-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the deposition of dredged soils from domestic rivers is simulated in the laboratory using a small soil box. In the tests, small sand with 0.002-0.85 mm, large sand with 0.85-2 mm, and gravel 4.75-5.6 mm are air or water-pluviated into the box. Such various deposition processes are simulated and their dry densities are measured. While dredging or piling such soils, their volume may change. The loss of such soils is calculated by a soil conversion factor C. The C value was determined as 0.91 for small sand, 0.96 for large sand, and 0.91 for gravel. The drainage through soil piles may occur and result in effective stress increase. This may cause the volume change of soils and in order to consider such effect it is necessary to recalculate C values. As a result, dry density increased by 5-12% when the drainage effect is considered. When the drainage effect is considered, the value of soil conversion factor C was 0.81 for small sand, 0.92 for large sand, and 0.82 for gravel. Eventually, the C value decreased up to 4-12%.
Keywords
Soil conversion factor; Dredged soil; Sand; Gravel;
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