ABSTRACT

This volume contains seven keynote lectures and over 100 technical contributions by scientists, researchers, engineers and students from more than 25 countries and regions worldwide on the subject of soft soil engineering.

part 1|128 pages

Keynote Lectures

chapter 1|9 pages

Drained Reclamation in Hong Kong

chapter 3|12 pages

Parameters for soft clays

chapter 10|5 pages

Analysis of failed slopes in saturated soft soils

A case study

chapter 11|6 pages

Safety Assessment of Earth Slopes

part 2|44 pages

Hazard Mitigation and Risk Management

part 3|38 pages

Foundation Settlement

chapter 25|5 pages

Major embankment construction over soft foundation soils

Route 3 Country Park Section, Hong Kong

part 5|53 pages

Analytical Analysis and Constitutive Modelling

chapter 40|5 pages

Design Method for Nonlinear Interaction of Piled Raft Foundations

——Concept of plastically bearing pile and its application

part 6|91 pages

Numerical Modelling

chapter 52|7 pages

Modelling the time-dependent compression of peat and organic soils

Modélisation le compactage temps-dépendant de la tourbe et des sols organiques

part 7|56 pages

Case Study and Large-scale Experiment

part 8|74 pages

Soil Improvement Technique

part 10|24 pages

Chemical Stabilisation and Modification

part 11|50 pages

Material Behaviour

part 12|44 pages

Theoretical Analysis and Development

part 13|40 pages

Mini-symposium on Marine Clay