Consolidation behavior of a soft mud treated with small cement content

Engineering Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 327-335

  Feng, Tao Wei ^a   Lee, Jia Yih ^a   Lee, Yi Jiuan ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cement; Clayey silt; Consolidation; Ground improvement; Settlement; Soft soil

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONSOLIDATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PH EFFECTS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

SOFT MUD;

SOILS;

CONSOLIDATION; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; GROUND SETTLEMENT; RECLAIMED LAND; SOFT CLAY;

EID: 0035305951     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(01)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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