The application discloses a structural soft soil vacuum preloading field
model test device and method, and relates to the field of
engineering construction. The test device comprises a sampling
ring cutter barrel, a
cutting and lifting plate, an upper sealing cover, water permeable stones, drainage plates, a connecting hose, a suction pump, a monitoring device, a flexible sealing film, a heap loading weight and the like. The thin-walled
ring cutter barrel with blades is slowly pressed into the structural soft soil, the soil body is lifted by the
cutting and lifting plate and placed on the water permeable stones on the site, the drainage plates and the monitoring device are arranged by using the
cutting tool, the disturbance of the test to the structural soft soil is minimized, and thus the optimal vacuum preloading reinforcement scheme closer to the actual situation of the
engineering site is obtained. The test device has a flexible structure and can be applied to the field
model test of the large-volume soft soil in different
modes such as vacuum preloading, heap loading preloading, vacuum-heap loading combined preloading and the like. The test device can meet the requirements of different drainage channel designs, different vacuum environment designs and different monitoring scheme designs, and thus the beneficial effects of improving the
engineering quality and saving the funds are achieved.