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Title:	Slaking of solid clays and claystones under hydraulic and mechanical action / Zerfall von festen Tonen und Tonsteinen bei hydraulischer und mechanischer Beanspruchung
Abstract:	In tunnel drives with slurry-supported face in semi-solid to solid clay and claystone, hydraulic and mechanical actions can lead to the slaking of the excavated soil aggregates. Heavy slaking can lead to laborious separation associated with high cost. For investigations as preparation for a project, two test rigs were developed at the Zentrum Geotechnik of the TU München. These can be used to investigate slaking both phenomenologically in series tests and also on a large scale. Investigations on solid clays and claystones showed that varied soil properties influence the slaking. High plasticity indices and high lime contents tend to reduce slaking. Bentonite suspensions can approximately halve slaking compared to water and suitable polymer suspensions can largely prevent slaking. Beim Tunnelvortrieb mit flüssigkeitsgestützter Ortsbrust in halbfesten bis festen Tonen und Tonsteinen führt die hydraulische und mechanische Beanspruchung zum Zerfall der gelösten Bodenaggregate. Starker Zerfall kann zu einem sehr hohen Aufwand und hohen Kosten bei der Separierung führen. Für Untersuchungen im Vorfeld eines Projekts wurden am Zentrum Geotechnik der TU München zwei Versuchstechniken konzipiert. Mit ihnen kann der Zerfall sowohl phänomenologisch in Reihenuntersuchungen als auch großmaßstäblich untersucht werden. Untersuchungen an festen Tonen und Tonsteinen zeigten, dass variierende Bodeneigenschaften den Zerfall beeinflussen. Tendenziell vermindern hohe Plastizitätszahlen und hohe Kalkanteile den Zerfall. Bentonitsuspensionen können den Zerfall im Vergleich zu Wasser etwa halbieren und geeignete Polymersuspensionen einen Zerfall auch weitgehend verhindern.
Source:	Geomechanics and Tunnelling 5 (2012), No. 5
Page/s:	567-573
Language of Publication:	English/German

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