Benny, Mathews Abraham; Dr.Babu,Jose T(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, November 23, 1993)
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Abstract:
With the advent of urbanisation and consequent
search for more and more habitable land, it was imperative
that the large tracts of marine clays, considered inhabitable
earlier, had to be reclaimed and developed. These marine
clays, wellknown for its high compressibility and poor shear
strength, posed numerous problems to the builders and Cochin
was no exception. It is only less than a decade since active
research work was initiated on marine clays in general and
Cochin marine clays in particular. Eventhough some systematic
studies are available on compressibility characteristics,
attempts to study the shear strength aspects and development
of techniques to improve it have been very limited. This work
is an investigation on the consolidation and shear strength
characteristics of Cochin marine clays including methods to
improve the same
Description:
School of Engineering
Cochin University of
Science and Technology