A case record of electroosmotic consolidation of soft clay with improved soil-electrode contact

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1038-1053

  Burnotte, Fabien ^a   Lefebvre, Guy ^a   Grondin, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Ministere des Transports du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case record; Consolidation; Electroosmosis; Soft clays; Soil improvement

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOSMOSIS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CLAY COMPRESSION; ELECTROOSMOTIC CONSOLIDATION; SOIL-ELECTRODE CONTACT;

CLAY;

CONSOLIDATION; OSMOSIS; SOFT CLAY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 15544371135     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-045     Document Type: Article

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