PVD improvement of soft Bangkok clay with combined vacuum and reduced sand embankment preloading

Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-122

  Bergado, D T ^a   Chai, J C ^b   Miura, N ^b   Balasubramaniam, A S ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0006049887     PISSN: 00465828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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