TY - BOOK AU - Bo,Myint Win TI - Compressibility of ultra-soft soil SN - 9789812771889 PY - 2008/// CY - Hackensack, N.J. PB - World Scientific KW - Soil mechanics KW - Soils KW - Testing N1 - 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 ER -