Effectiveness of pre-wetting and pre-loading technique in solving wetting collapse settlement

Wetting collapse is settlement triggered by groundwater inundation or surface water infiltration. This type of settlement has been causing problem to builders and home owners. This soil settlement behavior is abnormal when viewed from the standpoint of effective stress since it is taking place under...

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Published in:Unsaturated Soils: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils
Main Author: Md. Noor M.J.; Mohamed Jais I.B.; Hafez M.A.
Format: Conference paper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84875198046&partnerID=40&md5=56e8a96f0ff63d35f3b800fffe08ad95