Enhancing the mechanical properties of marine clay using cement solidification

Abstract

The use of soft clay and dredged marine clays as the construction material is challenging. This is because the high water content, high compressibility and low permeability of the clay causing the instability of ground and structure. This detrimental effect of soft clay can be improved by the cement solidification process, which is relatively cheap and efficient. This paper mainly focuses on the study of improvement on the mechanical behavior of cement mixed marine clay. The soil is reconstituted by using ordinary Portland cement of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by its mass. The study reveals that cementation of clay significantly improves the peak and residual strength of soil. Similarly, the primary yield stress of the soil is also improved from 16 to 275?kPa as cement content increases from 5% to 20%, respectively. By using statistical tools, the relationships between various parameters are established, which are very important to define the mechanical behavior of the clay. This study reveals that the yield surface of the solidified marine clay is not a smooth elliptical surface. Rather it is composed of two linear surfaces followed by a log-linear surface which can be modeled by using simple parameters obtained from triaxial tests.     

Strength behavior of dredged mud slurry treated jointly by cement,flocculant and vacuum preloading

Acta Geotechnica - Application of the flocculation–solidification combined method (FSCM) is a rational option for treatment and recycling of dredged mud slurry at extra high water content...     

Influence of cementation level on the strength behaviour of bio-cemented sand

Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is used increasingly to improve the engineering properties of granular soils that are unsuitable for construction. This shows MICP technique significant advantages such as low energy consumption and environmentally friendly feature. The objective of the present study is to assess the strength behaviour of bio-cemented sand with varying cementation levels, and to provide an insight into the mechanism of MICP treatment. A series of isotropic consolidated undrained compression tests, calcite mass measurement and scanning electron microscopy tests were conducted. The experimental results show that the strength of bio-cemented sand depends heavily on the cementation level (or calcite content). The variations of strength parameters, i.e. effective friction angle φ′ and effective cohesion c′, with the increase in calcite content can be well evaluated by a linear function and an exponential function, respectively. Based on the precipitation mechanism of calcite crystals, bio-clogging and bio-cementation of calcite crystals are correlated to the amount of total calcite crystals and effective calcite crystals, respectively, and contributed to the improvement in the effective friction angle and effective cohesion of bio-cemented sand, separately.     

应用PRIMER软件进行浮游植物群落结构的多元统计分析

根据青岛近海进行的一次添加营养盐的围隔实验数据,采用专业软件PRIMER中的多元统计分析方法,进行了浮游植物群落结构的变化研究。结果表明,虽然由于本实验中浮游植物的生长受到Si的限制,硅藻类群不占明显的优势,使得优势种随时间的变化不明显,没有出现明显的群落演替,但用PRIMER软件的聚类分析(Clustering)和多维尺度转换排序(MDS)分析表明,添加营养盐后浮游植物群落结构有较明显的变化,同时,PRIMER软件的相异系数(ANOSIM)分析也表明,在同时添加N、P的围隔内,浮游植物群落结构变化较只添加P的围隔中的变化显著。这显示了PRIMER软件在分析浮游植物群落结构变化和评价水域富营养化中的应用前景。     

浅海回填区域的地震映象效果分析

地震映象法是近期工程物探在工程地质与环境地质勘察中新出现的1种浅层地震探测方法。本文主要介绍该方法的实用方法技术与主要特点及其实际应用效果。并通过奥运工程勘察实例详细分析了该方法在复杂的浅海人工回填区域中不同的填入物与地质体在时间剖面上所展现的各种不同波形特征。     

Meshless analysis of three-dimensional steady-state heat conduction problems

Steady-state heat conduction problems arisen in connection with various physical and engineering problems where the functions satisfy a given partial differential equation and particular boundary conditions, have attracted much attention and research recently. These problems are independent of time and involve only space coordinates, as in Poisson's equation or the Laplace equation with Dirichlet, Neuman, or mixed conditions. When the problems are too complex, it is difficult to find an analytical solution, the only choice left is an approximate numerical solution. This paper deals with the numerical solution of three-dimensional steady-state heat conduction problems using the meshless reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM). A variational method is used to obtain the discrete equations. The essential boundary conditions are enforced by the penalty method. The effectiveness of RKPM for three-dimensional steady-state heat conduction problems is investigated by two numerical examples.     

防城港地区地质灾害发育特征及成因机制探讨

分析防城港地区地质灾害发育特征,探讨其成因机制十分必要。在充分收集并梳理前人调查成果的基础上,对地质灾害的类型、规模、斜坡结构、岩性特征、分布高程、地形坡度及植被发育情况进行详细的野外调查,并运用统计学进行梳理分析。研究区地质灾害发育类型有崩塌、滑坡和不稳定斜坡,以崩塌为主,规模以小型为主。地质灾害多集中发生在降雨集中的6-9月;空间上分布不均,主要集中分布在海拔小于100 m,坡度在30-50°的斜坡区域,其中以海拔小于50 m区域最为发育,且多数地质灾害集中发育在地貌变化的结合部位。绝大多数灾害发育在侵入志留系连滩组、三叠系的花岗岩中,逆向斜坡地质灾害最为发育,且与植被分布具有密切的联系。诱发地质灾害的内在因素为地形地貌、地层岩性及斜坡结构、地质构造,外部因素为降雨和人类工程活动。上述研究结果可为该区域地质灾害防治提供科学依据。     

新疆乌什塔拉地区中泥盆世火山岩特征及形成环境分析

研究区位于南天山早古生代大洋东段构造带.乌什塔拉地区阿拉塔格组火山岩为超基性—基性岩组合以及中酸性岩组合.其中超基性岩为大洋二辉橄榄岩,基性岩主要为玄武岩,中酸性岩主要有安山岩、英安岩、粗安岩和流纹岩.通过研究分析发现阿拉塔格组火山岩中基性岩产于大洋中脊环境,中酸性火山岩的构造环境应属于活动大陆边缘性质,由于这两套岩石组合均有不同程度的变质变形,以及阿拉塔格组出现的蛇绿岩,可说明这两套火山岩应该不属于同一地区,是由构造拼合而成的.     

矿震震动波速度层析成像评估冲击危险的验证

矿震震动波速度层析成像,作为一种新的地球物理方法在冲击矿压危险评估领域具有广阔的应用前景,但截至目前,采用该技术评估冲击危险的现场应用研究还比较少,尤其是与传统监测手段的对比验证研究,还未见有相关文献报道.本文将层析成像技术和微震实时监测相结合,对河南义马跃进煤矿25110工作面回采过程中的P波速度进行了反演,并对比分析了该技术与传统监测手段之间的对应关系.研究结果表明,强矿震主要发生在高波速区或高波速变化梯度区;波速与数值模拟结果、钻屑量、钻孔应力值以及电磁辐射值之间存在正相关关系,且对应一致性较好,进而验证了矿震震动波速度层析成像技术评估冲击危险的可行性,同时也为进一步研究波速与应力或冲击危险的直接及定量关系提供参考.