Soft clay consolidation accelerated by prefabricated vertical drains

• Main Author: Neo, Ying Min
• Other Authors: Low Bak Kong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138427
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vertical drains were first used in the United States of America in 1923, and widely used in Asian countries in the 1950s. The technique has been in place for a long time and is primarily employed to accelerate consolidation of relatively soft clay. This project analyses the rate and magnitude of con...