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Effect of Sand Contents on Plastic and Liquid Limits and Shear Strength of Clays

모래 함유량이 점토의 액소성한계 및 전단강도에 미치는 영향

Sung-Sik Park1*
,
Zhenzhen Nong2
박 성식1*
,
농 쩐쩐2
1Assistant Prof., Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.
2Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.
1경북대학교 공과대학 건축토목공학부 토목공학전공 조교수
2경북대학교 공과대학 건축토목공학부 토목공학전공 석사과정
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
28 February 2014. pp. 65-76
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Abstract

For soil improvement, sand mats or sand compaction piles are often constructed on soft marine clays. In such cases, some amounts of sand and clay are inevitably mixed. Sand or gravel often exists in the weathered soils near the slope surface. This research investigates the effect of mixing sand content on consistency limits and shear strength of clays. Firstly, sand was mixed with kaolinite or bentonite at 0, 9, 17, 23, 29, 33, 50% and then liquid and plastic limits were measured. Both plastic and liquid limits decreased as a sand content increased. The water content of clay-sand mixtures with different sand content increased by 10% or 20% step by step and then their undrained shear strength was measured using a portable vane shear device called Torvane. For all cases, undrained shear strength of clay-sand mixtures decreased rapidly until reaching a certain value. Their state changed from undrained to drained state gradually as the sand content increased, which caused their undrained shear strength to decrease. On the other hand, a series of direct shear tests were also conducted on such clay-sand mixtures to investigate the effect of sand content on cohesion and angle of internal friction. It was found from clay-sand mixtures that their cohesion decreased but angle of internal friction increased as the sand content increased.

Keywords
Sand
Clay
Liquid limit
Plastic limit
Shear strength

해안지역의 연약지반을 개량하기 위하여 연약지반 위에 모래를 포설하거나 모래다짐말뚝을 시공할 경우 점토와 모래가 서로 섞이는 경우가 많으며, 풍화된 사면의 표층에도 모래나 자갈 섞인 세립토가 많이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 혼합토에 포함된 모래 함유량의 증가에 따른 점토의 액소성한계 및 전단강도 변화에 대해 연구하였다. 먼저 카올리나이트와 벤토나이트에 모래 함유량을 0, 9, 17, 23, 29, 33, 또는 50%까지 증가시키면서 액소성한계시험을 실시하였으며, 모래 함유량이 증가함에 따라 액소성한계는 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 다양한 모래 함유량을 가진 카올리나이트와 벤토나이트에 함수비를 10% 또는 20%씩 단계적으로 증가시키면서 토베인시험기를 이용하여 비배수전단강도를 측정하였다. 동일한 모래 함유량을 가진 공시체의 경우 특정 함수비에서 비배수전단강도가 급격히 감소하였으며, 공시체 내 모래 함유량이 증가할수록 배수가 발생하면서 비배수전단강도는 감소하였다. 한편 동일한 조건의 혼합토에 대한 직접전단시험을 실시하여 모래 함유량의 증가에 따른 점토-모래 혼합토의 점착력 및 내부마찰각을 측정하였다. 점토 내 모래 함유량이 증가함에 따라 점착력은 감소하였으며, 내부마찰각은 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

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Received : December 4th, 2013
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Revised  : December 28th, 2013
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Accepted : January 6th, 2014
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  • Publisher :The Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지반공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반공학회 논문집
  • Volume : 30
  • No :2
  • Pages :65-76
  • Received Date : 2013-12-04
  • Revised Date : 2013-12-28
  • Accepted Date : 2014-01-06
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2014.30.2.65
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