Soft Ground Improvement: In Lowland and Other Environments

by A.S. Balasubramaniam, N. Miura, D.T. Bergado

Book Overview

The presence of thick deposits of soft clay combined with the effects of ground subsidence cause problems for engineering constructions for lowland areas such as the Central Plain (Chao Phraya) of Thailand. The ground subsidence is caused by the excessive extraction of ground water. To mitigate such natural geological hazards, different soil/ground improvement methods have been studied, namely: mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) embankments, granular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0784401519
• ISBN13: 9780784401514
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Length: 427 Pages