ABSTRACT
When marine clay is used as a fill material for land reclamation, its engineering properties at its reconstituted state need to be determined. The strength and consolidation behaviour of the reconstituted Singapore marine clay were studied. Marine clay samples were reconstituted from slurry. Specimens trimmed in both vertical and horizontal directions were tested to investigate the effect of anisotropy. The test data show that the undrained shear strength in the vertical direction is different from that in the horizontal direction. The permeability and the coefficient of consolidation in the vertical and horizontal directions are also different. In comparison with the properties of the same soil in undisturbed states, the permeability and coefficient of consolidation are smaller.
