Laboratory and field studies of response of structures to heave of expansive clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-121

  Abduljauwad, S N ^a   Al Sulaimani, G J ^b   Basunbul, I A ^c   Al Buraim, I ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Savola Company   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Sci Information and Document Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clays; Expansive soils; Field instrumentation; In situ testing; Model tests; Soil structure interaction

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING;

CONTROLLED HEAVE TESTS; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; IN SITU TESTING; SWELLING PRESSURE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLAY; EXPANSIVE SOIL; HEAVE; MODEL TEST; SOIL/STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SWELLING PRESSURE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032007412     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1998.48.1.103     Document Type: Article

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