Content of Talk 
 
 
1. Reclamation Settlement: Causes - external factors, internal factors, construction quality
2. Purpose of vertical drains and preloading
3. Why creep?
4. Why observed settlements are larger than those calculated or "expected"?
5. Two approaches to calculation of settlement with creep Hypothesis A and Hypothesis B
6. New internet-based calculation tools for calculation of consolidation settlements in 1-D and 2-D with vertical drain and preloading
7.  Brief introduction to other recent research work related to settlements
 
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