Comparison between predicted and observed settlement of vertical drain treated road embankment on soft clay

Prefabricated Vertical Drain (PVD) with surcharge preloading is one of the most widely used techniques to accelerate the process of consolidation. In practice it is sometime difficult to choose proper design parameters in PVD design. Backanalysis from field records is a good method to verify the des...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Mohd. Redzuan (Author)
Format: Thesis
Published: 2006-05.
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