Consolidation of a very soft clay with vertical drains

Geotechnique

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 633-643

  Almeida, M S S ^a   Santa Maria, P E L ^a   Martins, I S M ^a   Spotti, A P ^a   Coelho, L B M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clays; Consolidation; Embankments; In situ testing; Laboratory tests; Settlements

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; DRAIN; EMBANKMENT; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SOFT CLAY;

EID: 0034484540     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2000.50.6.633     Document Type: Article

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