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STP 1374 Geotechnics of High Water Content Materials Tuncer B.Edil and Patrick J.Fox,editors ASTM Stock Number:STP1374 ASTM 100 Barr Harbor Drive West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 Printed in the U.S.A.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Geotechnics of high water content materials/Tuncer B.Edil and Patrick J.Fox,editors.p.cm.-(STP;1374)ASTM Stock Number:STP1374.Includes bibliographical references.ISBN 0-8031-2855-X 1.Soil mechanics.2.Soil moisture.3.Soil-structure interaction.I.Edil,Tuncer B.,1945-.II.Fox,Patrick J.(Patrick Joseph),1962-.III.ASTM special technical publication;1374.TA710.G452 2000 624.1 5136-dc21 99-089294 Copyright?9 2000 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients,is granted by the American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM)provided that the appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA 01923;Tel:508-750-8400;online:http:/ Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by two peer reviewers and at least one editor.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM Committee on Publications.To make technical information available as quickly as possible,the peer-reviewed papers in this publication were prepared camera-ready as submitted by the authors.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of the peer reviewers.In keeping with long-standing publication practices,ASTM maintains the anonymity of the peer reviewers.The ASTM Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution of time and effort on behalf of ASTM.Printed in Fredericksburg,VA February 2000 Foreword This publication,Geotechnics of High Water Content Materials,contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in Memphis,Tennessee,on 28-29 January 1999.The sympo-sium was sponsored by ASTM Committee D 18 on Soil and Rock and the D 18.18 Subcommittee on Peats and Organic Soils.The symposium was chaired by Tuncer B.Edil,University of Wisconsin-Madison and Patrick J.Fox,University of California-Los Angeles.Contents Overview vii FUNDAMENTALS,THEORY,AND MODELING Geotechnics of High Water Content Materials-R.3.KgIZEK CS4:A Large Strain Consolidation Model for Accreting Soil Layers-p.J.FOX Determination of Effective Stresses and the Compressibility of Soil Using Different Codes of Praetice and Soil Models in Finite Element Codes-v.J.BLOMMAART,P.THE,J.HEEMSTRA,AND R.TERMAAT Dewatering Structures in High Water Content Materials-i.R.MCDERMOTT,A.D.KING,C.M.T.WOODWORTH-LYNAS,AND P.LEFEUVRE Problems in Defining the Geotechnical Behaviour of Wastewater Sludges-A.KLEIN AND R.W.SARSBY 3 29 48 64 74 LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS Hydraulic Conductivity Assessment of Hydraulic Barriers Constructed with Paper Sludge-c.H.BENSON AND X.WANG Use of Paper Clay as a Barrier for Treatment of Contaminated Ground Water-H.K.MOO-YOUNG,M.J.GALLAGHER,A.AMADON,J.POLASKI,AND M.WOLFE Heavy-Metal Leaching from Cement Stabilized Waste Sludge-M.KAMON,T.KATSUMI,AND K.WATANABE Thermal Properties of High Water Content Materials-J.L.HANSON,T.B.EDIL,AND N.YESILLER Use of Dredged Sediments from Newark Harbor for Geotechnical Applications-T.A.BENNERT,M.H.MAHER,F.JAFARI,AND N.GUCUNSKI Development of an Instrumented Settling Column for Use in a Geotechnical Centrifuge-I.R.MCDERMOTT,S.J.HURLEY,A.D.KING,AND S.J.SMYTH 91 108 123 137 152 165 Estimation of the Quantity of Liquid Exuded by a Loaded Sludgy or Pasty Waste-D.CAZAUX AND G.DIDIER 181 GEOTECHNICS OF HIGH WATER CONTENT MATERIALS Methods to Determine the Saturated Surface-Dry Condition of Soils-M.KAWAMURA AND Y.KASAI 196 Shear Strength and Ko of Peats and Organic Soils-T.a.EDIL AND X.WANG 209 Laboratory Testing of Italian Peaty Soils-E.COLLESELLI,G.CORTELLAZZO,AND S.COLA 226 FIELD PERFORMANCE In-Situ Measurement of Small Strain Shear Stiffness of High Water Content Contaminated Dredge Spoils-.R.MCDERMOTT AND G.C.SILLS 243 Field Shear Strength Performance of Two Paper Mill Sludge Landfill Covers-J.D.QUIROZ AND T.F.ZIMMIE 255 The Behavior of Trial Embankments in Malaysia-A.N.HUSSEIN 267 Slurry Dewatering System with Planetary Rotation Chambers-T.MOHRI,R.FUKAGAWA,K.TATEYAMA,K.MORI,AND N.O.AMBASSAH 279 On the Use of Sand Washing Slimes for Waste Containment-A.BOUAZZA,J.KODIKARA,AND R.PARKER 293 CASE HISTORIES Consolidation Characteristics of Wastewater Sludge-A.n.AYDILEK,T.a.EDIL,AND P.J.FOX 309 A Case History:Dredging and Disposal of Golden