Pilot tests on methods to form working platform on soft clay

• Main Authors: Sun, Liqiang, Meng, Lingxiao, Guo, Wei, Feng, Xiaowei, Nie, Wen, Chu, Jian, Hou, Jinfang
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Land Reclamation; Offshore Engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89190; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46127
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pilot tests on the usage of vacuum preloading combined with short prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) to form a working platform for future soil improvement work were conducted at a land reclamation site in Tianjin, China. The short PVDs were connected using three methods – the conventional vacuum...