Horizontal drains in residual soil slopes

• Main Authors: Santoso, Vera Amalia, Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon, Ng, Yew Song, Pang, Henry Tam Cheuk
• 其他作者: Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (4th : 2009 : Newcastle, Australia)
• 格式: Conference or Workshop Item
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2011
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93922; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7174

Horizontal drains have been used extensively for preventive and repair works of slopes. Horizontal drains have been found to be effective in lowering groundwater table to increase the stability of slopes. The ideal location of horizontal drain is at the toe of the slope in order to optimize the thic...