Applicability of the rectangular hyperbolic method to settlement predictions of sabkha soils

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 563-587

  Al Shamrani, Mosleh A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Hyperbolic method; Sabkhas; Settlement; Test embankment

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DATA REDUCTION; EMBANKMENTS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SLOPE STABILITY;

CONSOLIDATION TESTS; HYPERBOLIC METHODS; HYPERBOLIC RELATIONSHIP; SABKHA FORMATIONS;

SOILS;

GROUND SETTLEMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; SABKHA; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 8144230406     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEGE.0000047046.73649.04     Document Type: Article

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