ZHANG Lei, LÜ Yan-dong, WANG Bing-hui, et al. Laboratory study of consolidation of marine soft soil using
flocculation-vacuum preloading-electro-osmosis[J]. 2022, 43(9): 2383-2390.
ZHANG Lei, LÜ Yan-dong, WANG Bing-hui, et al. Laboratory study of consolidation of marine soft soil using
flocculation-vacuum preloading-electro-osmosis[J]. 2022, 43(9): 2383-2390.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2021.1890.
including the sediment clogging of drains and the limitationof drainage conditions
this study investigated vacuum preloading combined withflocculation and electro-osmosis consolidation for marine soft soil. A seriesof column settling tests was conducted to determine the optimal organicflocculant for the combined method. With the selected organic flocculant
laboratorytests were performed on the soil samples using the combined consolidationmethod
in which the electro-osmosis was added at different time moments. Thetests considered three representative cases at different time moments: (i) at48 h
i.e.
the initial stage of vacuum preloading with the consolidationdegree of 0; (ii) at 60 h
i.e.
the obvious reduction in the dewatering speedwith the consolidation degree of 60%; and (iii) at 84 h
i.e.
the dewateringspeed of 0 with the consolidation degree of 80%. The effectiveness of thecombined method was evaluated using the tested results
including waterdischarge
soil vane shear strength
water content
and pore water pressure
along with the determination of the best time for adding the electro-osmosis.The results indicated that the combined method effectively delayed the decreaseof dewatering efficiency and significantly increased dewatering duration. Also
the shear strength and load-bearing capacity of the consolidated soil wereclearly improved
with the evenly dissipated pore water pressure. In addition
the cationic polyamide was the optimal flocculant for the combined method
which enhanced the initial dewatering speed and improved the permeability ofthe soft soil to solve the sediment clogging in the plastic board during thevacuum preloading. This research demonstrated the effectiveness of vacuumpreloading combined with flocculation and electroosmosis consolidation for soilimprovement.