Effect of Super-Absorbent Polymer on the Undrained Shear Behavior of Cemented Dredged Clay with High Water Content
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 7
Abstract
A series of isotropically consolidated undrained triaxial tests were performed on cemented clay with super-absorbent polymer (SAP) at high water content to investigate the effect of SAP content on the undrained shear behavior of cemented clay. The test results reveal that the compressibility and undrained shear strength of cemented clay with SAP in a preyield state are independent of the confining pressure. When the confining pressure is higher than the yield stress, the compressibility of the cemented clay with SAP increases dramatically. Meanwhile, the undrained shear strength of the cemented clay with SAP depends on the confining stress in the postyield state. The yield stress measured from the isotropic compression test is consistent with the transitional stress from the bilinear relation between the peak deviator stress and the confining pressure. For certain lime content, the role of SAP is to increase the cementation bond. Hence, the peak deviator stress increases with the increasing SAP content, lime content, and curing time. However, the cementation is shown to have no effect on pore pressure generation within the degree of cementation considered in this study. The linear failure envelope of the cemented clay with SAP is observed for the range of applied stress level in this study and is bounded by the tension cut-off and the critical state line of untreated clay. The difference between the failure line of cemented clay and the critical state line of untreated clay increase with the degree of the cementation bond (i.e., higher SAP content, higher lime content, and longer curing time).
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Acknowledgments
The research work described herein was funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41502263, 51578213, 51608312) and also partially funded by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2015BAB07B06) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK2015040806). Financial support also from the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2016M600396). These financial supports are gratefully acknowledged.
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Volume 29 • Issue 7 • July 2017
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Received: Mar 14, 2016
Accepted: Oct 10, 2016
Published online: Mar 20, 2017
Published in print: Jul 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Aug 20, 2017
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