Abstract: Compression tests of dredging soil solidified by different contents of lignin were conducted to study the compression characteristics. Through indoor consolidation tests and unconfined compression tests, the compressive properties of soil solidified by lignin and cement-lignin were studied. The effects of solidifying material content and curing age on the compressive properties of solidified soil were investigated. Test results showed that the optimum content of lignin was 10% and the compressive strength reached 8.6 MPa. Dredging soil solidified by lignin is similar to cement soil in an obvious structural yield point of their compression curves. The compressibility of the solidified soil is very small when the upper load has not achieved structural yield stress; while the compressive capacity is three times larger when the load exceeds the structural yield stress. With the increase of lignin and cement contents, the compressive strength of soil solidified by cement and lignin has significantly improved. With the cement content of dredging soil with 25% lignin increasing from 10% to 30%, the compressive strength increased by 8.9 times, of which the increase was the most obvious. The research results provide data reference for the strength of soil solidified by lignin in practical engineering.

Key words: solidified dredging soil, lignin content, compression test, structural yield stress, double mixing technique