Volume 31, N. 3

September-December 2008

Comprehensive Methodology for the Evaluation of Clay Expansiveness. A Case Study

Technical Note

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Abstract

Although expansive soils have been widely studied by different authors, just a few have made methodological proposals to comprehensively evaluate this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to suggest a methodology which will serve as guideline to evaluate soil expansiveness in a comprehensive way. This methodology comprises a series of tasks: identification and classification of potentially expansive soils, estimation of the active zone depth, quantification of the expansion, calculation of heave and choice of a solution.

Keywords: Clay expansiveness, Expansive soil, Geotechnical investigation,


Submitted on November 09, 2007.
Final Acceptance on June 11, 2008.
Discussion open until April 30, 2009.
DOI: 10.28927/SR.313145