Compressibility behavior of tropical peat reinforced with cement columns

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 786-791

  Duraisamy, Youventharan ^a   Huat, Bujang B K ^b   Aziz, Azlan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cement columns; Deep soil mixing; Organic soil; Peat soil; Rowe Cell consolidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448954949     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2007.786.791     Document Type: Article

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