Vacuum consolidation and its combination with embankment loading

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 985-996

  Chai, J C ^a   Carter, J P ^b,c   Hayashi, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embankment; FEM analysis; Prefabricated vertical drain; Preloading; Vacuum consolidation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VACUUM;

EMBANKMENT LOADING; PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAIN; VACUUM CONSOLIDATION;

EMBANKMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VACUUM;

CONSOLIDATION; DRAINAGE; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRELOADING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; SAGA;

EID: 33846688923     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-056     Document Type: Article

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