Settlement problems in peat due to their high compressibility and possible solution using cement columns

Forensic Engineering, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 255-264

  Kazemian, Sina ^a   Asadi, Afshin ^a   Huat, Bujang B K ^a   Prasad, Arun ^a   Rahim, Irman B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cement; Columns; Compression; Settlement; Shear strength; Soft soils

Indexed keywords

CELL TEST; CEMENT COLUMNS; COEFFICIENT OF CONSOLIDATION; COMPRESSION INDEX; PEAT SOILS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; SECONDARY COMPRESSION; SOFT SOILS; VOLUME COMPRESSIBILITY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; PATHOLOGY; PEAT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL CEMENT; SOILS;

FORENSIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 75649134183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41082(362)26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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