Ground improvement techniques for railway embankments

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-14

  Arulrajah, A ^a   Abdullah, A ^b   Bo, M W ^c   Bouazza, A ^d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Ranhill Consulting   (Malaysia)

^c DST CONSULTING ENGINEERS INC   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embankments; Railway systems; Rehabilitation, reclamation renovation

Indexed keywords

CANALS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCRETE MIXING; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PILES; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROADS; SOIL CEMENT; SOILS;

CEMENT COLUMNS; DEEP SOIL MIXING; FIELD INSTRUMENTATIONS; GEOGRID; GEOGRIDS; GROUND IMPROVEMENTS; GROUND TREATMENTS; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS; MALAYSIA; PILE CAPS; PILE EMBANKMENTS; PILED EMBANKMENTS; PLATE BEARING TESTS; RAILWAY EMBANKMENTS; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; SOIL MIXING; STONE COLUMNS; TREATMENT METHODS;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

DEEP MIXING METHOD; EMBANKMENT; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PILE; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 62149122864     PISSN: 17550750     EISSN: 17550769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2009.162.1.3     Document Type: Article

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