Monitoring the staged construction of a submerged embankment on soft soil

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soft Soil Engineering - Soft Soil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 139-144

  Van Impe, W F ^a   Verastegui Flores R D ^a   Van Mieghem, J ^b   Baertsoen, A ^b   Menge P ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of Flanders   (Belgium)

^c Dredging International   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER;

EXCESS PORE WATER PRESSURES; LARGE STRAIN CONSOLIDATIONS; PORE WATERS; SMALL STRAINS; SOFT FOUNDATIONS; SOFT SOILS; STAGED CONSTRUCTIONS;

SOILS;

EID: 55549095662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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