The prediction of one-, two-, and three-dimensional heave in expansive soils

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 713-737

  Vu, Hung Q ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^b  

^a Clifton Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expansive soil; Heave prediction; Seepage analysis; Stress analysis; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEEPAGE; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER;

OEDOMETERS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL TYPE ANALYSIS; STRESS-DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HEAVES;

SOILS;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HEAVE; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 8744272264     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-023     Document Type: Article

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