Effect of Destructuration on the Compressibility of Perniö Clay in Incremental Loading Oedometer Tests

Abstract

The paper evaluates the destructuration and creep properties of soft sensitive Perniö clay during one-dimensional consolidation. Incremental loading oedometer tests presented herein were part of an extensive testing program performed on natural and reconstituted samples of Perniö clay. Given the experimental results, general stress–strain compression curves were investigated taking into consideration the effects of clay structure and sample quality. The effect of sample disturbance on preconsolidation pressure was quantitatively evaluated by an exponential relationship. Compression parameters accounted for the detailed stress-dependent behavior. The assumption that the