expansive soils show swelling and shrinkage behavior when subjected to cyclic wetting and drying. the variation in water content influence the volume change in this kind of soil. these volume changes can cause ground movement which may result in damage to the buildings and structures. to study the behavior, a number of successive wetting-drying cycles were conducted on a statically compacted ex...

Use of engineered landfills for the disposal of industrial wastes is currently a common practice. Bentonite is attracting a greater attention not only as capping and lining materials in landfills but also as buffer and backfill materials for repositories of high-level nuclear waste around the world. In the design of buffer and backfill materials, it is important to know the swelling pressures o...

The hydromechanical properties of a South African expansive clay are reported. In this study,swell potential and swell pressure were assessed by two oedometric approaches, namely, the loading after wetting test test. data indicate that predictions from approaches remain similar, whereas greater heave obtained for approach. It is also observed magnitude predicted dependent on soaking stress cons...

Extrudate swell is often observed to be weakened in nanocomposites compared to the pure polymer matrix. A theory quantifying this would be significant either for optimum processing or for understanding their viscoelasticity. A unified extrudate swell correlation with material properties and capillary parameters was suggested for polymer melt and their nanocomposites when considering the reservo...

the electro-osmotic consolidation is a method to improve geotechnical properties of soft clayey soils. the feasibility of electro–osmotically induced consolidation can be examined through the soil coefficient of electro–osmotic permeability (ke) and the electro–osmotic coefficient of water transport (ki). using an electro-osmotic testing cell, ke and ki parameters were measured in urmia lake we...

Owing to its propensity swell when in contact with water, expansive soil causes severe structural problems and shrinks they dry out. Soil stabilization is a well-known method used enhance the soil's physical engineering properties commonly adopted for improving structures. The mechanical of different soils evaluated by adding varying proportions marble dust (10, 20, 30 percent) Penjwen, Said Sa...