Feasibility of geosynthetic inclusion for reducing swelling of expansive soils

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1787, 2002, Pages 42-52

  Vessely, Mark J ^a   Wu, Jonathan T H ^b  

^a Church and Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOTEXTILES; GRAPH THEORY; HYDROMETERS; MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SWELLING; WETTING;

GEOSYNTHETIC INCLUSION; GRADATION ANALYSIS; SOIL SUCTION; SOIL-GEOSYNTHETIC COMPOSITE; WOODEN MOLD;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0036959358     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1787-05     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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3. Holtz, R. D., B. R. Christopher, and R. R. Berg. Geosynthetic Engineering. BiTech Publishers LTD, Richmond, B.C., Canada, 1997.
4. Wu, J. T. H. Design and Construction of Low Cost Retaining Walls-The Next Generation in Technology. Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver, 1994.