Undrained shear strength of the Singapore marine clay at Changi from in-situ tests

Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-107

  Win, Bo Myint ^a   Chang, M F ^b   Arulrajah, A ^a   Choa, V ^c  

^a SPECS Consultants Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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