1-D settlement characteristics of compacted residual soils

Compacted residual soils are unsaturated in nature. Wetting of unsaturated soil induces soil volume change and even collapse settlement. To investigate the 1-D settlement characteristics of compacted residual soils, double oedometer tests suggested by Jennings and Knight (1957) were conducted on com...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lu, Yitan.
Other Authors: Leong Eng Choon
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15991