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Title: WICK DRAINS - AN OVERVIEW
Accession Number: 00459534
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Wick drains made from synthetic materials have become the dominant method of forming vertical drains in recent years. The design of wick drain installations requires an equivalent drain diameter which can be approximated from the cross-sectional area of the wick. Field tests should compare wick drain to conventional drain performance. The field test sites must be properly instrumented so that appropriate parameters can be backfigured. This article describes and illustrates the modern wick drain and gives details of the design of wick drain installations. Field instrumentation and field testing of wick drains are also described.
Supplemental Notes: Transportation Research Circular Number 309, Shared Experience in Geotechnical Engineering: Wick Drains. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Long, R PPagination: pp 2-6
Publication Date: 1986-9
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; References
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I42: Soil Mechanics
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Nov 30 1986 12:00AM
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