Deformation Analysis in Soft Ground Improvement

• Main Authors: Chai, Jinchun (Author), Carter, John P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, 18
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.

This book deals with the behaviour of soft ground improved by some of the more common methods, including the installation of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs), or the installation of soil-cement columns formed by deep mixing, or the preloading of soft ground by application of a vacuum pressure in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Notation
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Modelling Soft Clay Behaviour
• 3 Vertical Drains
• 4 Vacuum Consolidation
• 5 Soil-cement Columns
• 6 Concluding Remarks
• Index.