Research Article

An Elastic-Viscoplastic Model for Time-Dependent Behavior of Soft Clay and Its Application on Rheological Consolidation

Table 1

Property of testing material.

PropertyValue

Embedded depth (m)3.5~4.5
Specific gravity2.67
Moist unit weight (kN/m3)17.3
Water content (%)40.4
Void ratio1.08
Liquid limit (%)42.5
Plastic limit (%)24.9
Plasticity index17.6
Slope of the critical state line0.898
Slope of compression curve0.102
Slope of the recompression curve0.015