Smear Effect and Well Resistance of PVD-Installed Ground Based on the Hyperbolic Method
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 4
Abstract
To back analyze the smear effect and well resistance of a ground that incorporates prefabricated vertical drains, a simple method based on the hyperbolic method previously reported and a simplified form of the consolidation solutions were developed. The method was applied to a well-documented case study. The result indicated that the mobilized discharge capacity of the drain obtained by using the theoretically possible ranges of some of main unknown factors considerably agreed with the measured result.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) NRL Program grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (Grant No. UNSPECIFIEDR0A-2008–000-20076-0), and by Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 4 • April 2010
Pages: 640 - 642
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Received: Jun 7, 2009
Accepted: Sep 25, 2009
Published online: Sep 30, 2009
Published in print: Apr 2010
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