Model tests of soil heave plug formation in suction caisson

• Main Authors: Guo, Wei, Chu, Jian, Kou, Hailei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Cofferdams & Caissons; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering; Anchors & Anchorages
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102623; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47269
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An experimental study of the formation of the soil heave plug inside a concrete caisson during installation in clay under suction is presented. The soil heave plug, the amount of caisson penetration and the vacuum pressure applied were measured during the model tests. The results show that the soil...