Behaviour of DCM columns under highway embankment at bridge approaches

• Main Author: Lin, Kai Qiu.
• Other Authors: Wong Kai Sin
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42746
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The large post-construction differential settlement between a bridge and the backfill behind the abutment has been the major problem in the construction of expressway embankment over a soft clay foundation. There are many methods to treat the soft clay and to control the total and differential se...