Vertical Composite Drains for Mitigating Liquefaction Hazard

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1045-1052

  Rollins, Kyle M ^a   Anderson, Joshua K S ^a   McCain, Aaron K ^b   Goughnour, R Robert ^c  

^a 435 Crabtree Technology Building   (United States)

^b GeoEngineers Inc   (United States)

^c Nilex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Excess pore water pressure; Field Testing; In Situ Densification; Liquefaction; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; DENSIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LIQUEFACTION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ECONOMIC LOSSES; VERTICAL COMPOSITE DRAINS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0942299206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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