Soil improvement by surcharge and vacuum preloadings

Geotechnique

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 601-605

  Leong, E C ^a   Soemitro, R A A ^b   Rahardjo, H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Institut Teknologi   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Clays; Consolidation; Laboratory tests; Pore pressures; Shear Strength; Suction

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CONSOLIDATION; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

SOFT CLAYS; SURCHARGE PRELOADINGS; VACUUM PRELOADINGS;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0034302696     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2000.50.5.601     Document Type: Article

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