Settlement Behavior of Bacterium-Embedded Soft Clay Sediment: Sedimentation and Low-Stress Consolidation Experiment

Abstract

AbstractThis study explores the effect of bacteria on the large-strain settlement behavior of kaolin sediment. It first performed a sedimentation test using a kaolin suspension mixed with a representative lake-sediment bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis MR-...Practical ApplicationsThis study provides new insight into how bacteria can influence the settlement behavior of clay soil. Laboratory tests using kaolin and the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 demonstrated that clay-bacteria aggregation, formed ...