Studies on groups of stone columns in soft clays

Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-182

  Rao, S N ^a   Reddy, K M ^a   Kumar, P H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

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