Shallow ground treatment by a combined air booster and straight-line vacuum preloading method: A case study |
Feng, Shuangxi
(Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University)
Lei, Huayang (Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University) Ding, Xiaodong (China Zhonghua Geotechnical Engineering Co., Ltd.) Zheng, Gang (Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University) Jin, Yawei (Jiangsu Xintai Geotechnical Technology Co. Ltd.) |
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