SUCTION CONTROLLED ONE DIMENSIONAL SWELLING AND CONSOLIDATION BEHAVIOUR OF EXPANSIVE SOIL

An experimental study was performed on swelling and consolidation behaviour of an expansive soil. Three tests were carried out on compacted soil samples of a high plasticity. Experiments were conducted using a newly developed oedometer apparatus with devices for controlling suction and measuring lateral pressure. The results showed that the tested soil sample behaved as an elasto-plastic material during loading and unloading processes under constant suction. Under almost nil vertical stress the soil sample responded as an elastic material to suction change, however, a tendency towards irreversible behaviour was observed. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 881647.

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  AA Balkema

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• Authors:
  • HABIB, S A
  • Kato, T
  • KARUBE, D
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNSATURATED SOILS/UNSAT '95/PARIS/FRANCE/6-8 SEPTEMBER 1995. VOLUME 1
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 101-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Consolidation; Loads; Moisture content; Oedometers; Pressure; Soil stabilization; Soil suction; Swelling soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 5791: Consolidation (soil); 5567: Load; 5920: Moisture content; 6168: Oedometer; 5412: Pressure; 9074: Side; 5771: Suction; 5203: Swelling (soil)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729075
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-5410-583-6
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 12 1996 12:00AM