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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2015.16.6.23

A Calculation of Compression Index of the South Coast Soft Clay Utilizing Field Measurement  

Lee, Changouk (Kyungwon Engineering)
Park, Choonsik (School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Changwon University)
Kwon, Hyeonjin (Security & Construction Bureau, Gyeongsangnam-do)
Kim, Jonghwan (School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Changwon University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.16, no.6, 2015 , pp. 23-30 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed degree of disturbance, using specimens by laboratory test with large block specimens and piston samplers collected from the Korea's two typical soft ground districts: South coast Gwangyang and Yangsan. To assess the characteristics of compression index of laboratory test incurred by disturbance, the compression index of laboratory test was compared with the back analysis compression index resulting from the analysis of the measured settlement. The analysis of specimen disturbance of the laboratory test results with the piston specimens of the two districts found that the qualities of most specimens were poor and the settlement predicted by the laboratory test compression index was underestimated. The analysis of test material taken from nearby areas proved that the disturbance degrees of large block specimens were lower than that of the piston specimens. The hyperbolic method, Hoshino method, Asaoka method, and ${\sqrt{S}}$ method, all of which are predictive methods using measured settlement, were employed to reach a conclusion that reliabilities of each predictive method except predictive material of a few points were the same. To compensate the disturbance effects on compression index of the piston specimens, we suggested a new modification formula that estimates compression index of piston specimens, using Schmertmann's corrected compression index, and back analysis compression index from the analysis of predictive settlement.
Keywords
Pison samplers; Large block specimens; Disturbance; Compression index; Measured settlement;
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