EFFECT OF LATERAL CONFINEMENT ON SWELL PRESSURE IN EXPANSIVE SOILS

The paper gives details of the design of equipment and associated testing procedure for the measurement of vertical swell pressure as a function of lateral confinement for expansive soil samples. The testing procedure involves the use of a hollow cylindrical specimen of expansive soil. Using this measuring technique, the lateral swell pressure in an expansive soil can be determined simultaneously with the determination of vertical swell pressure. The practical applications of the data obtained by the use of this technique are discussed. (TRRL)

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  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • DHAWAN, P K
  • Mathur, R
  • Lal, N B
• Publication Date: 1982-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 49-60
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Bulletin, (New Delhi)
  • Issue Number: 17
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0376-4788

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Laboratories; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Pressure; Samples; Swelling; Swelling soils; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral pressure; Side; Swell pressure; Vertical
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 4177: Clay; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 6136: Measurement; 5412: Pressure; 6251: Sample (mater); 9074: Side; 5203: Swelling (soil); 6255: Test; 9087: Vertical
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379778
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM