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Abstract

Construction of structures on soft soils gives rise to some difficulties in Malaysia and other countries especially in both short and long term deformation. The most critical geo-environment challenges are excessive settlement and in particular differential settlement leading to hazardous and discomfort in road usage (bumpy road) and structural distress (differential crack) in buildings. The settlement studies in soft yielding soil require effort, time and expense through field and/or physical model testing. Thus software modelling is a better and faster alternative to solve many such problems with varying parameters. Concepts in the prediction and observation in physical modelling using cellular mat are presented.