Device and method for treating soft soil foundations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11085161-B2
Application number	US-202016872149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2020
Priority date	Nov 25, 2019
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A device and a method for treating soft soil foundations, the device comprises: a drainage plate (4), a water collection well (7), and a pressurizing drainage pipe (6), the pressurizing drainage pipe (6) is connected to the bottom of the drainage plate and the bottom of the water collection well through pipelines; a pressurizing module comprises: film (12), the film (12) is impermeable and covers the soft soil foundation; a pile-loading body (13), the pile-loading body (13) is arranged on the film; air compressor (1) has a pressurizing end with a space below the film to make a soil layer of the soft soil foundation below the film under an air pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure, so that the underground water discharge process can be started.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for treating soft soil foundations comprising:
a drainage plate, which is vertically inserted into a soft soil foundation and has a vertical internal gap and a side pore;
a water collection well with a depth from 10 to 20 meters, wherein the level of its bottom is lower than the lowest position of the drainage plate;
a pressurizing drainage pipe, which is connected to the bottom of the drainage plate and the bottom of the water collection well through pipelines; and
a pressurizing module comprising:
a film, which is impermeable and covers the soft soil foundation;
a pile-loading body, which is arranged on the film;
an air-permeable layer between the film and the soft soil foundation;
a space between the film and the air-permeable layer, wherein an air pressure is constantly maintained at a level higher than the atmospheric pressure; and
an air compressor, which has a pressurizing end inserted to the space below the film.

2. The device for treating soft soil foundations according to claim 1 , wherein one end inserted into the soft soil foundation of the drainage plate is provided with a pile shoe.

3. The device for treating soft soil foundations according to claim 2 , wherein one end of the pressuring drainage pipe is communicated with a water accommodating space in the pile shoe.

4. The device for treating soft soil foundations according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the drainage plate inserted into the soft soil foundation is at least the altitude of a water column corresponding to air pressure below the film.

5. The device for treating soft soil foundations according to claim 4 , wherein the depth of the drainage plate inserted into the soft soil foundation is 15 meters.

6. A method for treating soft soil foundations with a device, the device comprising:
a drainage plate, which is vertically inserted into a soft soil foundation and has a vertical internal gap and a side pore;
a water collection well with a depth from 10 to 20 meters, wherein the level of its bottom is lower than the lowest position of the drainage plate;
a pressurizing drainage pipe, which is connected to the bottom of the drainage plate and the bottom of the water collection well through pipelines; and
a pressurizing module comprising:
a film, which is impermeable and covers the soft soil foundation;
a pile-loading body, which is arranged on the film;
an air-permeable layer between the film and the soft soil foundation;
a space between the film and the air-permeable layer, wherein an air pressure is constantly maintained at a level higher than the atmospheric pressure; and
an air compressor, which has a pressurizing end inserted to the space below the film;

the method comprising the following steps:
arranging the drainage plate, the water collection well, and the pressurizing drainage pipe in the soft soil foundation to be treated;
arranging a pressurizing module on the soft soil foundation to be treated; and
starting the air compressor to make the space below the film under an air pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure so as to start the underground water discharge process, wherein a weight of the pile-loading body is borne by the film and a maximum air pressure below the film is kept in balance with the weight of the pile-loading body.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
After the drainage process is finished, stopping the operation of the air compressor to make the pile-loading body compress the unsaturated soft soil foundation to complete soil consolidation.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a thick soil layer of 2 meters is adopted as the pile-loading body.

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Sun Hongyue
• Shang Yuequan

Classifications

• E02B11/005

  Drainage conduits · CPC title

• E02D3/10 Primary

  by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains (E02D3/11 takes precedence; soil-penetrating vibrators with auxiliary watering E02D3/054; drainage of soil in general E02B11/00) · CPC title

• E02D5/72

  Pile shoes · CPC title

• E02D3/00 Primary

  Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil (securing of slopes or inclines E02D17/20; damming or interrupting passage of underground water E02D19/12; improving soil for agricultural purposes A01; soil stabilisation for road building or like purposes E01C21/00, E01C23/10; setting rock anchoring bolts E21D) · CPC title