Experimental study of lateral restraint effects on the potential heave of expansive soils

Engineering Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-81

  Al Shamrani, Mosleh A ^a   Dhowian, Abdulmohsin W ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Expansive shale; Experimental station; Heave prediction; Lateral restraint; Triaxial and oedometer swell tests

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; SWELLING;

OEDOMETER;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; HEAVE; OEDOMETER TEST; SHALE; SOIL MECHANICS; SWELLING; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0037400105     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00248-X     Document Type: Article

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