PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ELECTRO-OSMOSIS

WHERE OTHER METHODS HAVE FAILED ELECTRO-OSMOSIS HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN STIFFENING WET CLAYS. IT IS ALSO EFFECTIVE IN LOWERING THE WATER-TABLE TO ALLOW FOUNDATIONS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, TO RECLAIM BOGGED AND SALTED AREAS, AND TO DRAW CHEMICAL STABILIZER INTO THE SOIL TO STABILIZE THE SUBSOIL. THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTRO-OSMOSIS IS DESCRIBED, AS ARE EXAMPLES OF ITS APPLICATION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. /RRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol20, No2, PP66-72, 9FIG, 8REF
• Authors:
  • Gladwell, J K
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERING
  • Publisher: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
  • ISSN: 0028-808X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bogs; Clay; Construction; Electroosmosis; Foundations; Land reclamation; Saline soils; Soil stabilization; Soils; Subsoil; Utilization; Water table
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization; Stiffening
• Old TRIS Terms: Bog and marsh; Reclamation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230820
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:52AM