Multiscale modeling of a sensitive marine clay

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (15) ◽  
pp. 1682-1702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Yu Yin ◽  
Mahdia Hattab ◽  
Pierre-Yves Hicher
Keyword(s):  
Multiscale Modeling ◽  
Marine Clay ◽  
Sensitive Marine Clay

Thirty years of secondary consolidation in sensitive marine clay: Reply

1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-469
Author(s):  
C. B. Crawford ◽  
M. Bozozuk
Keyword(s):  
Marine Clay ◽  
Sensitive Marine Clay

An Experience with Heave of Cast In Situ Expanded Base Piles

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. S. Brzezinski ◽  
L. Shector ◽  
H. L. Macphie ◽  
H. J. Vander Noot
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Glacial Till ◽  
Load Testing ◽  
Marine Clay ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Concrete Piles ◽  
Sensitive Marine Clay ◽  
The City

On a project just west of the City of Montreal pile heave was experienced during the installation of groups of cast in situ cased expanded base concrete piles, driven through about 30 ft (9 m) of sensitive marine clay to end bearing in a glacial till formation. The paper describes the observed heave occurrence and discusses factors affecting pile and soil heave. Of special interest is the behavior of the piles during retapping since a number had final refusal elevations which were both high and low with respect to initially installed elevations. Possible explanations for this behavior and considerations pertinent to installation procedure, site inspection, load testing, and specifications for this type of pile are discussed within the paper.

An earthflow in sensitive Champlain Sea sediments at Lemieux, Ontario, June 20, 1993, and its impact on the South Nation River

1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.G. Evans ◽  
G.R. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Stability Number ◽  
The South ◽  
Marine Clay ◽  
Landslide Mass ◽  
Sensitive Clay ◽  
Leda Clay ◽  
Sensitive Marine Clay ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Landslide Debris

A large (est. volume 2.8 × 106 m3) landslide occurred in sensitive Leda clay on the east bank of the South Nation River at Lemieux, Ontario (45.4°N, 75.06°W), on June 20, 1993. The earthflow involved an area of about 17 ha and retrogressed a total of 680 m, 555 m into the flat plain above the river. No lives were lost but a motorist was injured when he drove into the landslide crater. The 1993 landslide occurred 4.5 km downstream of the well-known 1971 South Nation River landslide along a stretch of river that had experienced other historical landslides in 1895 and 1910. A band of earlier, undated, retrogressive sliding, between 100–130 m in width, was present at the base of the slope that failed in 1993, and the earthflow was probably triggered by a reactivation of these failures. Borehole information obtained in 1986 and 1987 in the vicinity of the landslide indicates that a zone of soft, sensitive marine clay existed beneath the flat farmland, which was overlain by a stiffer cap consisting of laminated marine-estuarine sands and deltaic silts and sands. The morphology of the debris suggests a mechanism that involves the fluidization of much of the landslide mass and subsidence, translation, and rotation of cap blocks. The stability number for the site was approximately 9.6, suggesting that the flow could have occurred as a result of extrusion of the soft sensitive clay layer due to undrained cap loading. Landslide debris temporarily blocked the South Nation River, causing flooding upstream and adversely affecting water quality downstream. Key words : landslide, earthflow, sensitive clay, debris hazards, water quality.

scholarly journals The bellow-hose settlement gauge

1979 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bozozuk ◽  
B. H. Fellenius
Keyword(s):  
Marine Clay ◽  
Concrete Piles ◽  
Sources Of Error ◽  
Sensitive Marine Clay

Bellow-hose settlement gauges were used to measure vertical soil heave during the installation of concrete piles in sensitive marine clay. The equipment is described and the sources of error are discussed.

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