Improvement of soft clays by dynamic compaction with PVDs

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 104, 2000, Pages 311-324

  Wang, Ren ^a   Zhu, Changqi ^a   Wang, Jili ^a   Yang, Michael Zhiqiang ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Dept Civil/Environ Univ of Tenn ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS (PVD);

CLAY;

EID: 0033716022     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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