SB DRAIN （Super Board Drain）

Greater Discharge Capacity

Reduce period of coherence

Products are well managed

EasyHandlingandTransportation

LowerCostthan Conventional Sand Fill

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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

Material Unit Qty Unit Subtotal

■ Examples of comparative costs ：
6m Price (US$) Cost comparison when applying PVD with
(US$)
1,5m spacing, SB with 3m spacing.
Surcharge Surcharge m3 ■In fact, depending on specific projects
that change the price from the example
Sanmat(t=0.5m) Sanmat m3 3 10 30
below.
Price/Unit Width 5.00
PVD

Material Unit Qty Unit Subtotal

6m Price (US$)

(US$)

Surcharge Surcharge Price difference in 1㎡

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

PVD Price/Unit Width 2.59

Footnotes unit price:

SB drain
ＳＢドレーン
SanMat：10$/㎥ 盛土
Preloading Preloading
盛土② 2
Surcharge：3.5$/㎥
SB Drain ：2$/m サンドマッ 盛土① 1
Preloading
Sanmat
PVD：0.35$/m
鉛直ドレーン 鉛直ドレーン
PVD
PVD

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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

If SB T-200 is covered separately by 6.4m, the drainage capacity

will be equivalent to Sand Mat with the terms as above.

◎Example of SB Drain layout

■Example: Plane Configuration: At project international port of Thi Vai-Cai Mep, the SB
Drain was used and the layout as below:
PVD
SB Drain

PVD
spacing

(for example layout in the design)

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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 CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS

Filter Core
Section of SB