Bo, Myint Win, 1954-

Compressibility of ultra-soft soil / Myint Win Bo. - Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2008. - xlii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-287).

Introduction -- Sedimentation and consolidation -- Models and analogy -- Characterization of physical properties and mineralogy of the soil -- Compression tests with large scale consolidometer -- Compression test on slurry with small-scale consolidometer -- Compression tests on ultra-soft soil with hydraulic consolidation cell -- Continuous loading tests on ultra-soft soil -- Verification proposed formulae and models with laboratory measurements -- Case study -- Summary.

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Soil mechanics.
Soils--Testing.