Soil improvement for a storage yard using the combined vaccum and fill preloading method

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1094-1104

  Yan, S W ^a   Chu, J ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Case history; Consolidation; Ground improvement

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; FOUNDATIONS; MOISTURE; PORE PRESSURE; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CASE HISTORY; COMBINED VACUUM; FILL PRELOADING METHOD; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; SOFT CLAY;

SOILS;

CONSOLIDATION; PRELOADING; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 27744597646     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-042     Document Type: Article

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