A Case Study of Combined Drainage Consolidation-Preloading Methods for a Highway Subgrade on Peat Soils

A highway project of up to 100 km/h is currently being constructed between Colombo and Katunayake International Airport across a Sri Lankan muskeg area. At this site, peat deposit was initially 0.8∼15.3 m thick and was underlain by sand, clay, or gneiss. The ground improvement methods adopted in the...

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Main Authors: Yue Gui, Shengjun Liu, Xiaqiang Qin, Jianfei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8816619
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