Analysis of settlement and lateral deformation of soft clay foundation beneath two full-scale embankments

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 599-618

  Indraratna, B ^a,b   Balasubramaniam, A S ^b   Sivaneswaran, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Embankments; Finite element method; Ground improvement; Settlements; Soft clay; Vertical drains

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRAIN RATE;

GROUND IMPROVEMENT; LATERAL DEFORMATION; SOFT CLAY FOUNDATION;

FOUNDATIONS;

CLAY; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; SETTLEMENT;

EID: 0031236516     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9853(199709)21:9<599::aid-nag885>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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