Soft Ground Engineering in Coastal Areas
Author | : Takashi Tsuchida |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9058096130 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789058096135 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This volume contains the papers contributed to the Nakase Memorial Symposium with the theme: Soft Ground Engineering in Coastal Areas, held in Yokusuka, Japan in November 2002. The meeting was organized as a tribute to Professor Ako Nakase, and was attended by 125 participants including his Japanese colleagues and friends from overseas. The topics covered included: fundamental Characteristics of Clay Soils; Estimation of consolidation settlement in large-scale reclamation; Soil improvement methods in coastal areas; Reuse of dredged soils and behaviour of coastal structures under earthquake; and Evaluation for the stability of coastal structures.