Vacuum preloading techniques - recent developments and applications

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 178, 2008, Pages 586-595

  Chu, Jian ^a   Yan, Shuwang ^b   Indraranata, Buddhima ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW MATERIAL; NUMERICAL MODELING METHOD; VACUUM PRELOADING; VACUUM PRELOADING METHOD;

NUMERICAL METHODS; VACUUM;

VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 66549084231     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40971(310)73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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