Electrokinetic Treatment of Soils to enhance stability by accelerating consolidation – theory and recent projects

Introduction

Electrokinetic treatment of soils to enhance stability by accelerating consolidation – theory and recent projects

by

Professor Colin Jones and David Alder of Electrokinetic Limited

Wednesday 7th March 2018 at 18:00 hours
Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA

Electrokinetic phenomena were identified in 1809 but, with a few notable exceptions, little use has been made of the technique. The development of new delivery and control systems, particularly in the UK and China have removed past technical issues and reduced the cost of the method. In the last decade the economic, environmental and technical benefits, which can be achieved by electrokinetic treatment of soils have been demonstrated.

The current application areas include: control of pore water pressure; in-situ increase in shear strength; accelerated consolidation of weak soils and marine deposits and dewatering of difficult soils. The presentation will describe the physics of the electrokinetic suite of phenomena and use historic and recent examples to illustrate design and construction with different combinations of electrokinetic effects.

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Please join us afterwards in the ICE Café Bar for drinks sponsored by Electrokinetic Ltd