Compression Characteristics of Remolded Clays

Abstract

The compression characteristics of remolded clay can be expressed by the compression index C'_c which is obtained from the e-log p curve of the consolidation test and the coefficient of volume compressibility m'_v. So far, the compression index equations have been proposed by many researchers using initial void ratio e₀ which is one of the factors of condition of soil, or liquid limit W_L which is one of the factors of type of soil. In this paper, introducing the initial porosity n₀ (=100e₀/(1+e₀)) in which e₀ is normalized by (1+e₀), C'_c and m_v' equations were expressed as a function of n₀ only.