Effect of shrubs on the shear strength of residual soil

• Main Author: Lim, Jasmine Sin Yee.
• Other Authors: Harianto Rahardjo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49236
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore is a city with heavy rainfalls throughout the year. The heavy precipitations often pose a problem to the soil especially steep slopes. Hence, solutions need to be found to mitigate these slope stability problems, and one of the cheapest means is to implement a layer of vegetation on the sl...