Abstract: The changing climate raised more concerns about the durability of aged slopes and embankments due to the increased frequency of extreme rainfall events. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the utilization of ...

Abstract: A system of vertical drains with combined vacuum and surcharge preloading is an effective method for promoting radial flow, which accelerates soil consolidation. This study presents the analytical solutions of vertical ...

Abstract: The clogging induced by particle transport is often mentioned in the practice of vacuum preloading, but the percolation behavior of soft clay under negative pressure is still not clear. To understand this, the percolation ...

Abstract: Prediction for self-weight consolidation of dredged sludge is important for its reuse in civil engineering applications. In this work, considering the special nonlinear relationships of e – k and e – σ′ for dredged sludge, ...

Abstract: In land reclamation projects, the vacuum preloading method has been widely used to strengthen dredged fills by removing water. However, during the improvement process, clogging inevitably occurs in the drains and soils, ...