Soft Ground Engineering in Coastal Areas - 9789058096135

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Soft Ground Engineering in Coastal AreasProceedings of the Nakase Memorial Symposium, Yokosuka, Japan, 28-29 November 2002\nAuthor(s): Takashi Tsuchida, Yoichi Watabe, Minsoo Kang, Osamu Kusakabe, Masaaki Terashi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: A A Balkema Publishers, Netherlands\nImprint: A A Balkema Publishers\nISBN-13: 9789058096135, 978-9058096135\nSynopsis\nThis volume contains the papers contributed to the Nakase Memorial Symposium with the theme: Soft Ground Engineering in Coastal Areas, held in Yokusuka, Japan in November 2002. The meeting was organized as a tribute to Professor Ako Nakase, and was attended by 125 participants including his Japanese colleagues and friends from overseas. The topics covered included: fundamental Characteristics of Clay Soils; Estimation of consolidation settlement in large-scale reclamation; Soil improvement methods in coastal areas; Reuse of dredged soils and behaviour of coastal structures under earthquake; and Evaluation for the stability of c.