The effectiveness of drainage systems in maintaining soil suction

• Main Author: Hritzuk, Kip J.
• Other Authors: Harianto, Rahardjo
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project involves the study of horizontal drainage systems and their effect on slope stabilisation. Horizontal drains have been used widely in this region as a means for removing groundwater which is the most common cause for slope instability. Typically, horizontal drainage systems are designed in a prescriptive nature and therefore provide an unquantifiable and relatively independable amount of benefit. Such has been the case in this region where local experience tends to govern the design.