Preloading for reduction of compressibility characteristics of sabkha soil profiles

Engineering Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-41

  Al Shamrani, Mosleh A ^a   Dhowian, Abdulmohsin W ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Finite element analysis; Precompression; Preloading; Sabkhas; Secondary compression; Settlement

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

PRELOADING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; PRELOADING; SABKHA; SOIL MECHANICS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031279514     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(97)81912-6     Document Type: Article

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