Predicting Potential Heave and Heave With Time in Swelling Foundation Soils

Abstract

THIS STUDY EVALUATES PROCEDURES FOR PREDICTING ONE-DIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL HEAVE OF FOUNDATION SOILS AND THE RATE AT WHICH HEAVE MAY OCCUR. A computer program ULTRAT (Ultimate and rate of heave) was developed for predictions of potential heave and heave with time based on two models for characterization of swell behavior: the soil suction and mechanical swell models. The soil suction model relates volume change with change in matrix soil suction and water content.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA059069

Entities

People

  • Lawrence D. Johnson

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Diffusion
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Field Tests
  • Groundwater
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Piezometers
  • Pore Pressure
  • Saturation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geotechnical Engineering.