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SB DRAIN Super Board Drain : Greater Discharge Capacity
SB DRAIN Super Board Drain : Greater Discharge Capacity
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◎ Comparison of consolidation ratio
■Compare with the sand mat, using the SB Drain reach faster consolidation.
Preloading
Sand Mat
SB Drain
settlement
(Picture shows experimental comparison between sand mat and SB Drain in the East-West highway Vietnam project.)
◎ Cost
(US$)
Surcharge(t=0.5m)
Surcharge
SB T-200
m3
m
3
2
3.5
2
10.5
4.0 $2.41/㎡
SB PVD m 3 0.35 1.1
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◎ Method of Design
Calculating for the width of Sand Mat equivalent to Discharge Capacity of a horizontal Drain.
B⋅ t ⋅ k d
w=
h ⋅ks
SandMat
SB Drain
■Example:
Calculating for the width of Sand Mat equivalent to a SB W: width of Sand Mat
(T-200) with the terms below: B: width of SB Drain
Sand Mat: h=0.5m、ks=0.0001m/s t: Thickness of SB Drain
SB Drain : B=0.2m、 t=0.008m、 kd=0.20m/s kd: Drainage Coefficient of SB Drain
h:Thickness of Sand Mat
0.2x0.008x0.2 Ks: Drainage Coefficient of Sand Mat
W= =6.4m
0.5x0.0001
PVD
spacing
PVD
■When preloading up high, large SB Drain
PVD spacing, there is also SB Drain
layout shown on the right. PVD
spacing
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