Non-mechanical behaviors of soft clay in two-dimensional electro-osmotic consolidation  

作　　者：Ying Li Xiaonan Gong Mengmeng Lu Yanli Tao 

机构地区：[1]College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China [2]MOE Key Laboratory of Soft Soil and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China [3]Zhejiang Province Institute of Architectural Design and Research, Hangzhou, 310058, China [4]School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221008, China

出　　处：《Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering》2012年第3期282-288,共7页岩石力学与岩土工程学报(英文版)

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50879076)

摘　　要：To investigate the soil behaviors in a direct current field on both spatial and temporal scales, a 1: 5 scale model test was conducted in laboratory to simulate the two-dimensional (2D) electro-osmotic consolidation of soft clay foundation. Volume of drainage, intensity, voltage, water content and pH value of water collected in the cathodes were monitored. The pH values of soil and the mass of anodes were measured before and after the test. The test results indicate that the unsaturated state, resultant from fissures induced by the differences in water contents, is favorable to dynamic compaction of soil during electro-osmotic drainage. The results also demonstrate that water content, degree of saturation and electric potential distributions can be used to deduce the electro-osmotic drainage process. Water content of soil decreases first near electrodes, while keeps nearly constant in the center of the model. The area with constant water content is larger than half of the sample surface. Moving anodes towards cathodes by about one third of the electrode spacing is effective to improve the treatment effect after electro-osmosis stops due to the large resistance. Moreover, it is observed that during electro-osmosis, the corrosion rate of anodes becomes smaller, while the variation in pH values of soil near anodes becomes larger.To investigate the soil behaviors in a direct current field on both spatial and temporal scales, a 1: 5 scale model test was conducted in laboratory to simulate the two-dimensional (2D) electro-osmotic consolidation of soft clay foundation. Volume of drainage, intensity, voltage, water content and pH value of water collected in the cathodes were monitored. The pH values of soil and the mass of anodes were measured before and after the test. The test results indicate that the unsaturated state, resultant from fissures induced by the differences in water contents, is favorable to dynamic compaction of soil during electro-osmotic drainage. The results also demonstrate that water content, degree of saturation and electric potential distributions can be used to deduce the electro-osmotic drainage process. Water content of soil decreases first near electrodes, while keeps nearly constant in the center of the model. The area with constant water content is larger than half of the sample surface. Moving anodes towards cathodes by about one third of the electrode spacing is effective to improve the treatment effect after electro-osmosis stops due to the large resistance. Moreover, it is observed that during electro-osmosis, the corrosion rate of anodes becomes smaller, while the variation in pH values of soil near anodes becomes larger.

关 键 词：electro-osmotic consolidation soft clay degree of saturation voltage pH value of soil anode corrosion 

分 类 号：S153[农业科学—土壤学]