Settlement of embankment treated with preloading and prefabricated vertical drain (a case study)

• Main Author: Noormariani, Ismail
• Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7881/1/NOORMARIANI_BINTI_ISMAIL.PDF; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7881/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Structures built on soft soil such as clay are generally subject to excessive settlement and it may continue for a long time. It depends on the ability of the soil to dissipate excess pore pressure due to construction load. In order to construct any structure on that soft soil, soil improvement is n...