Identification of expansive soils and assessment of expansion potential by fuzzy approach

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 14 L, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-11

  Venkata Subba Reddy, P ^a   Mallikarjuna Rao, K ^a   Sudha Rani, Ch ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; CLAYEY SOILS; DEFORMATION AND STRENGTH; EXPANSIVE SOILS; FINE FRACTION; FREE SWELL INDEX; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY IF-THEN RULES; FUZZY OUTPUT; FUZZY RULE BASED; INDEX PROPERTIES; INPUT VARIABLES; LIQUID LIMITS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PLASTICITY INDICES; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOIL PROPERTY;

CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; EXPANSION; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY RULES; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHRINKAGE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

EXPANSION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; SOIL PROPERTY; SWELLING;

EID: 77955118376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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