As a kind of weak foundation treatment method, vacuum preloading (VP) combined with
prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) has been used in practical engineering successfully. The …

The nonlinear consolidation characteristics of saturated clay will be markedly impacted by
temperature. However, despite the ample progress of calculation methods for the one …

This paper focuses on increasing the efficiency in accelerating the rate of consolidation of
prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) in improved soft Bangkok clay using vacuum and heat …

New geotechnical applications such as nuclear waste disposal, geothermal structure,
thermally active landfills, and other structures dealing with temperature fluctuations in the …

Excess pore-water pressures induced by pile driving could have a detrimental effect on a
project, especially on the construction sequence and ground settlement. Measures that can …

This paper focuses on the thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of clay surrounding a thermal
drain. A new constitutive model for prediction of thermal volume change of clays is …

This study aims to investigate the impact of initial mean effective stress on the thermo-
mechanical behavior of saturated normally consolidated kaolinite clay. Specifically, a series …

Vacuum preloading technology can effectively reinforce the soft ground in coastal areas of
China, which provides support for the safe construction and normal operation of …

This paper describes a test setup and methodology for centrifuge modeling of energy pile
pullout from saturated soft clay, with the goal of understanding how pile heating improves …

There are significant energy and financial expenditures associated with the current thermal
drainage consolidation approach used to treat the marine soft clay foundation. Especially for …