Use of deep cement mixing to reduce settlements at bridge approaches

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-320

  Lin, Kai Qiu ^a   Wong, Ing Hieng ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Mitic Assoc   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); CEMENTS; CLAY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); EMBANKMENTS; FOUNDATIONS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MIXING; RELIABILITY; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

DEEP CEMENT MIXING; SOFT CLAY FOUNDATION;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DEEP MIXING METHOD; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SOFT CLAY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033120049     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:4(309)     Document Type: Article

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