A RAPID AND RELIABLE ON-SITE METHOD OF ASSESSING DESICCATION IN CLAY SOILS

The remediation of foundation problems involving heave or subsidence of shrinkable clay soils remains an area of geotechnical engineering where decisions are still commonly made without the benefit of proper investigation or a clear understanding of the problem. In this paper a rapid, low-cost method of investigating such problems is described and the results from a few of the cases investigated by the authors over the past twenty years are presented. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • PUGH, R S
  • PARNELL, P G
  • PARKES, R D
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
• Publication Date: 1995-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 25-30
• Serial:
  • Volume: 113
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Foundations; Ground settlement; Sampling; Shrinkage; Swelling soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 3377: Foundation; 6253: Sampling; 5792: Settlement; 4743: Shrinkage; 5722: Site investigation; 5203: Swelling (soil)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00677392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 25 1995 12:00AM