Vacuum-PVD combination with embankment loading consolidation in soft Bangkok clay: A case study of the suvarnabhumi airport project

Geosynthetics in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Geosynthetics Asia 2008: Proceedings of the 4th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 440-449

  Saowapakpiboon, J ^a   Bergado, D T ^a   Chai, J C ^b   Kovittayanon, N ^c   De Zwart, T P ^c  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c COFRA ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Improvement technique; Staged construction; Vacuum PVD system

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DRAINAGE; EMBANKMENTS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; SOILS;

DEGREE OF CONSOLIDATIONS; GEOMEMBRANE SHEETS; IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUE; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; LEAKAGE PROTECTION; PREFABRICATED VERTICAL DRAINS; STAGED CONSTRUCTION; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS;

LOADING;

EID: 84961352658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69313-0_83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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