...Guizhong Xu; Jiayu Gu; Yuchen Wang; Junjun Ni Vacuum preloading with straw drainage has been used as an eco-friendly soil-reinforcement method to promote the consolidation of dredged sludge. In previous studies, the degradation of straw, an essential factor influencing dredged-sludge consolidation...

... sand Before the earthquake After the earthquake 14 Clay Sandy gravel SEISMIC DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS 16. From the work by Inagaki et al.1 it is clear that degradation of the strength and stiffness (but not necessarily liquefaction) of the underlying foundation materials due to a progressive increase...