This paper aims to establish an analytical model on vacuum consolidation of dredged slurry
treated by PVD with special considerations on the clogging effects. A series of laboratory …

During the past decade, the application of vacuum preloading for stabilizing soft coastal clay
and other low-lying estuarine soils has become popular in Australia. The cost-effectiveness …

Improvement of soft ground by preloading with prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) is a
common practice in the field of ground engineering. PVDs accelerate the consolidation …

The coefficient of permeability is the most important parameter for characterizing the
permeability characteristics of soil. In this study, a database of the coefficient of permeability …

A numerical solution has been developed for large-strain consolidation incorporating non-
Darcian (nonlinear) radial flow with varying compressibility and permeability coefficients …

The unidirectional consolidation theory of soils is widely used in certain conditions and
approximate calculations. The multidirectional theory of soil consolidation is more …

The radial consolidation rate of prefabricated vertical drain (PVD)-installed soft deposits is
known to be closely related to the PVD discharge capacity, which usually decreases during …

The consolidation characteristics of vertical drain (VD)-improved soft deposits depend on the
smear zone, well resistance, and creep effects. In this study, we propose a new solution for …

Installing stone columns is a convenient method of soft ground improvement. Although
several analytical and numerical solutions are available to predict the performance of stone …

This paper introduces an analytical solution for the axisymmetric consolidation of
unsaturated soils subjected to constant external loading. The analytical procedure employs …