Discharge capacity requirement of prefabricated vertical drains

Discharge capacity is one of the most important parameters affecting the performance of prefabricated vertical drains (PVD). An attempt has been made in this paper to develop an equation for the maximum discharge that can flow to a PVD. The required discharge capacity of the PVD was obtained based on the predicted maximum discharge in the PVD. The developed equation could be verified from the field data published in the literature.