Ground improvement by preloading and vertical drain

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Gofar, Nurly, Mohamed, Rosdi
• التنسيق: Book Section
• منشور في: Penerbit UTM 2008
• الموضوعات: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/20109/; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nurly_Gofar3/publication/306467669_Ground_Improvement_by_Preloading_and_Vertical_Drain/links/57be47e008aeb95224d0780e/Ground-Improvement-by-Preloading-and-Vertical-Drain.pdf

In Malaysia, soft soil deposits ar e widespread all over the country and mostly found in the coastal area. In general, soft soil posses low strength and high compressibil ity and thus having low bearing capacity. The soil needs to be improved to avoid excessive settlem...