Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area
The Thilawa Port Development Project is the first large-scale development project to be carried out in the area of sedimented soft clays along the Yangon River in Myanmar. As there is little information about the soft clays sedimented along this river, the mechanical properties of the soft clays in...
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| author | Yoshimitsu Yamada Takashi Tsuchida Nyan Myint Kyaw Tatsuru Aoyama Toshiya Akasaki Moe Myint Su Hlaing Ryota Hashimoto |
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| description | The Thilawa Port Development Project is the first large-scale development project to be carried out in the area of sedimented soft clays along the Yangon River in Myanmar. As there is little information about the soft clays sedimented along this river, the mechanical properties of the soft clays in the Thilawa Port area were summarized and compared with the properties of clays in other countries from the perspective of the geotechnical design. It was shown that the high-quality data obtained by the samples taken by a fixed piston sampler were essential to properly determining the design parameters of the soft clays in the Thilawa Project. The relationship between the strength and consolidation history of Thilawa clay was clarified from the results of unconfined compression tests and consolidation tests conducted on the high-quality samples. Furthermore, it was shown that the clay at shallow depths became overconsolidated due to desiccation stress and that its compressibility decreased. The relative characteristics of Thilawa clay were clarified by comparing the geotechnical parameters related to the strength and consolidation-compression properties of the Thilawa clay with those of representative clays of Eastern and Southeastern Asia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3640078ca774ab896164a91165321062023-08-26T04:42:02ZengElsevierSoils and Foundations2524-17882023-08-01634101331Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port areaYoshimitsu Yamada0Takashi Tsuchida1Nyan Myint Kyaw2Tatsuru Aoyama3Toshiya Akasaki4Moe Myint Su Hlaing5Ryota Hashimoto6Yangon Branch Office, Fukken Co., Ltd., 27/4 Ward, Shwe Pinlon Real Estate, North Dagon T/S, Yangon, MyanmarHiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, 739-8527 Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan; Corresponding author.Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technological University, Insein, 11101 Yangon, MyanmarYangon Branch Office, Fukken Co., Ltd., 27/4 Ward, Shwe Pinlon Real Estate, North Dagon T/S, Yangon, MyanmarYangon Branch Office, Fukken Co., Ltd., 27/4 Ward, Shwe Pinlon Real Estate, North Dagon T/S, Yangon, MyanmarYangon Branch Office, Fukken Co., Ltd., 27/4 Ward, Shwe Pinlon Real Estate, North Dagon T/S, Yangon, MyanmarGraduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8540, JapanThe Thilawa Port Development Project is the first large-scale development project to be carried out in the area of sedimented soft clays along the Yangon River in Myanmar. As there is little information about the soft clays sedimented along this river, the mechanical properties of the soft clays in the Thilawa Port area were summarized and compared with the properties of clays in other countries from the perspective of the geotechnical design. It was shown that the high-quality data obtained by the samples taken by a fixed piston sampler were essential to properly determining the design parameters of the soft clays in the Thilawa Project. The relationship between the strength and consolidation history of Thilawa clay was clarified from the results of unconfined compression tests and consolidation tests conducted on the high-quality samples. Furthermore, it was shown that the clay at shallow depths became overconsolidated due to desiccation stress and that its compressibility decreased. The relative characteristics of Thilawa clay were clarified by comparing the geotechnical parameters related to the strength and consolidation-compression properties of the Thilawa clay with those of representative clays of Eastern and Southeastern Asia.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038080623000604Soft clayUndisturbed samplePhysical properties of clayUnconfined compression testOver-consolidated clayCompression index |
| spellingShingle | Yoshimitsu Yamada Takashi Tsuchida Nyan Myint Kyaw Tatsuru Aoyama Toshiya Akasaki Moe Myint Su Hlaing Ryota Hashimoto Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area Soils and Foundations Soft clay Undisturbed sample Physical properties of clay Unconfined compression test Over-consolidated clay Compression index |
| title | Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area |
| title_full | Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area |
| title_fullStr | Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area |
| title_short | Geotechnical properties of soft clays along Yangon River – Characteristics of soft clays in Thilawa Port area |
| title_sort | geotechnical properties of soft clays along yangon river characteristics of soft clays in thilawa port area |
| topic | Soft clay Undisturbed sample Physical properties of clay Unconfined compression test Over-consolidated clay Compression index |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038080623000604 |
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