Mechanical properties of cemented reticulate red clay were studied in present research. Test results show that: (1) shear strength of cemented reticulate red clay increase exponentially as the increasing of cement content; (2) shear strength of cemented reticulate red clay decrease polynomially as the increasing of water content; (3) mechanical properties of cemented reticulate red clay affected significantly by curing time and curing confined pressure. In order to study viscous properties of cemented reticulate red clay, cemented reticulate red clay specimens were compressed in triaxial chamber at different shear rate. Results of the compression tests show that it is obvious that the axial strain-deviator stress relationship of cemented reticulate red clay affects by the strain rate.

Dissipation of excess pore water pressure of saturation clay was discussed in the paper. Monotonic loading, unloading-reloading, and creep tests of one dimensional compression were performed to study the orderliness of dissipation of excess pore water pressure. In the drained consolidated tests, strain rate was changed step by step to check the effects of excess pore water pressure on effective axial stress. Creep tests were performed in different stage of loading and unloading procedure under different effective axial stress. In order to estimate the effects of excess pore water on effective axial stress more precisely, excess pore water pressure ratio was introduced. Test results show that: (1) excess pore water pressure changed gradually as strain rate changed abruptly, while excess pore water pressure ratio changed quickly; (2) excess pore water pressure maintained constant shortly after the change of strain rate during monotonic loading tests under small strain rate; (3) excess pore water pressure may be smaller than back pressure during unloading-reloading tests, in which, excess pore water pressure ratio is negative; (4) there neutral creep existed in unloading-creep-unloading procedure. Excess pore water pressure ratio equal to 0 and excess pore water pressure maintained a constant value equal to the back pressure in neutral creep.

Stepped-load creep tests of undisturbed and remodeled specimens of reticulate red clay was performed in the present study. Test results and analyses of the results show that: (1) Both undisturbed and remodeled specimens showed significant creep deformation in primary loading, unloading and reloading stage, and the creep deformation of remodeled specimen is much bigger than that of undisturbed one in primary loading and reloading stage; (2) The effect of a previous loading stage on the deformation induced at a succeeding stage is significant in primary loading and reloading stage; (3) The amount of the creep deformation can be calculated accurately by an empirical formula.