Building a breakwater with prefabricated caissons on soft clay

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-12

  Yan, S W ^a   Chu, J ^b   Fan, Q J ^c   Yan, Y ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Yangtze Estuary Waterway Construction Company Pte Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Geotechnical engineering; Offshore engineering

Indexed keywords

CASE HISTORY; CONCRETE CAISSONS; GEOTEXTILE TUBES; HEAVY STORMS; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; OFFSHORE BREAKWATERS; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS; RETAINING STRUCTURES; SOFT CLAYS; SOFT SOILS; SOIL IMPROVEMENTS; SURCHARGE PRELOADING; THICK LAYERS; YANGTZE ESTUARIES;

BREAKWATERS; CAISSONS; CLAY MINERALS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETES; ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; GEOTEXTILES; PRESSURE VESSELS; SOILS; STORMS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BREAKWATER; CAISSON; CLAY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DRAIN; FRICTION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTEXTILE; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; STORM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 64549142023     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2009.162.1.3     Document Type: Article

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