Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication
Online ISSN : 2188-8027
ISSN-L : 2188-8027
THEME 4: GROUND IMPROVEMENT AND SOIL REINFORCEMENT
Mechanical and load transmission properties of soil-concrete block
Kayo DoumotoKiyonobu KasamaMitunari HirasawaKouki ZenZentaro FurukawaYuichi YahiroMasato NakamichiMitsunobu SakamotoTatsuya UedaMasaaki KatagiriShuji YamamotoOsamu KawaharaToshiyuki Nagano
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2015 Volume 1 Issue 5 Pages 27-31

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In order to recycle dredged soil, our research group developed interlocking blocks from dredged soil. Dredged soil interlocking blocks (350mm in width, 350mm in depth and 100mm - 150mm in height) were made from soft clay dredged at the Kanmon run. They were produced with the constant dehydration pressure 5MPa and cement content of 15%, 20% and 25% per the dry weight of clay. The unconfined compression test and bending test were carried out to investigate material characteristics of dredged soil interlocking blocks in the water for six months. On the other hand, in order to check the effect of interlocking blocks, a road was constructed by using interlocking blocks on the surface and, as a roadbed material, dredged and dehydrated soil and crushed stone for mechanical stabilization were used. Characteristics of dispersion of traffic load and settlement were evaluated by running experiments. Stress was measured by four earth pressure gauges and settlement was measured by surveying. The following conclusions are obtained: (1) There was close relationship between unconfined compressive strength and water-cement ratio. Therefore, it is concluded that unconfined compressive strength of dredged soil blocks are controlled by water-cement ratio. (2) Dredged and dehydrated soil can disperse traffic load effectively. (3) Soil-concrete blocks can’t disperse traffic load effectively, but have sinking suppressing effect when using dredged and dehydrated soil as roadbed material.

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