2024 Volume 80 Issue 18 Article ID: 24-18039
In this study, a series of laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the drainage properties of the polymer mixed soils. The results showed that, although the drainage tendency differs depending on the type of soil and polymer used in the experiments, short-term drainage performance improves under certain conditions. It was also found that this short-term drainage performance can be evaluated by using the activity of the original soil. Furthermore, consolidation test results showed that coefficient of consolidation and coefficient of permeability of the polymer mixed soils were lower than those of the subject soil. This was inconsistent with the short-term drainage performance improves observed in the simple drainage test. The short-term drainage considered to be the discharge of excess water that was not taken up during floc formation.
