Efficacy of preloading combined with prefabricated vertical band drains in improving a clayey silt stratum in situ

Ground Improvement

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 147-152

  Chakravarthi, V K ^a   Phanikumar, B R ^b  

^a GMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Prefabricated vertical band drains; Preloading; Settlements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; IN SITU PROCESSING;

CLAY STRATUM; PREFABRICATED VERTICAL BAND DRAINS (PVD); PRELOADING; SETTLEMENTS;

SILT;

BEARING CAPACITY; CONSOLIDATION; IN SITU TEST; PRELOADING; SILTY CLAY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SUBSOIL; SUPPORT STRUCTURE;

EID: 33846593860     PISSN: 1365781X     EISSN: 17517621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2006.10.4.147     Document Type: Article

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