Treatment of soft ground by Fibredrain and high-energy impact in highway embankment construction

Ground Improvement

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 181-193

  Lee, S L ^a   Karunaratne, G P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

High energy impact; Prefabricated vertical drains; Soft ground

Indexed keywords

HIGH-ENERGY IMPACT; PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS; SOFT GROUND; SOIL DEPOSITS;

EMBANKMENTS; PAVEMENTS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOILS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPRESSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMBANKMENT; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOFT SOIL; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 36849022472     PISSN: 1365781X     EISSN: 17517621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2007.11.4.181     Document Type: Article

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