2, pp. These swelling soils typically contain clay minerals that attract and absorb water. This threshold can be explained as follows: the soil particles are relatively harder to move because the attraction forces between the particles are significant for low moisture contents. Relation between expansive stress and initial water content for two diverse stress paths. Houses on side-hill lots may be subject to cut and fill type settlement problems. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support given by the Turkish Polystyrene Manufacturers Association (PUD). Soil collected from field site was dried in the oven. Specimen from Disturbed Soil Sample: Same as for Consolidometer Method. 303314, 2012. soil moisture changes. In the estimation model, approaches of artificial neural network (ANN) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) are employed. SWELLING PRESSURE OF EXPANSIVE SOIL STABILIZED USING EPS GEOFOAM A. Shelke, D. Murty Published 2011 Geology Light structures such as highways, railroads, runways, and other lifeline structures, constructed over expansive soils may be severely damaged due to high swell-shrinkage behaviour of these soils owing to fluctuating water content. With an increasing dry density, the voids between the soil particles shrink, which results in the increase of the swelling pressure. M. V. Villar and A. Lloret, Influence of dry density and water content on the swelling of a compacted bentonite, Applied Clay Science, vol. T/F To perform their functions, floors must have STRENGTH and STIFNESS. [3] provided a new method to evaluate the swelling pressure using the diffuse double layer theory. 155165, 2012. Then subject the swollen sample to consolidation under different If a jack with load measurements by platform scales is used 23972402, 2016. The expansive clays increase in their volume when they come in contact with water owing to surface [12] explained the anisotropic of the bentonite-sand mixture through microstructure images. Why might the crack disappear near the edge of the wall? Log in to TheConstructor to ask questions, answer peoples questions, write articles & connect with other people. Swelling and swelling pressure of expansive soils were measured at dissimilar initial moisture content, i.e. Measurement of swelling pressure of soils. For each predetermined moisture content, distilled water was sprayed to dry clay by a hand spryer. (a) 3,000 (b) 4,000 (c) 5,000 (d) 6,000, The min. For the same moisture content and dry density, the swelling strain reduced significantly when the axial pressure rose from 0kPa to 25kPa; the swelling strain decreased slightly as the vertical stress increased from 25kPa to 100kPa. 8, no. 30, no. Identification of swelling (expansive) soils Preparation of Specimen from Disturbed Soil Sample: The soil The fitted function could be described as follows:where stands for dry density and represents expansive stress. Figure 13(a) shows that the soil presented expansibility when the vertical stress was less than 25kPa. The test is conducted on a consolidometer. endobj curve so drawn becomes asymptotic with the abscissa, the swelling has reached The volume change is arrested or the soil is not allowed to swell in order to test this. The swelling of the specimen with T/F Optimum moisture content shows the minimum soil moisture changes. The load measuring proving ring tip The liquid limit of the soil was 53.18%, the plastic limit was 24.45%, and the specific gravity was 2.477. on the platform shall be determined before filling the ring with the soil The swelling deformation was recorded every 2hours. soil. It can be found from Table 1 that the swelling coefficient of the second phase () first increased and then decreased as the initial water content rose. False - If a wall is directly or almost directly above another wall it IS probably a load bearing wall. Comparing Figure 12(a) with Figure 12(b), the relation of expansive deformation and vertical stress was similar, although the initial water content could slightly vary this relation. requirements given in Consolidometer method. 3. Cracks due to differential settlement DO or DO NOT usually have corresponding cracks in different locations? J Comput Civil Eng ASCE 11(2):129138, Turk G, Logar J, Majes B (2001) Modelling soil behaviour in unaxial strain conditions by neural networks. The function expression was described as follows:where is the initial water content and , , , and are the parameters for different dry densities. Generally, the swelling pressure from a constant volume test was greater than the result from a swell under load test. A soil with high swell pressure is considered unsuitable for use as embankment from it as given in Para (i) above. Relation between the swelling strain and vertical stress for different initial water contents. Expansion characteristics of bentonites usually lead to significant destruction to infrastructures such as highways, mountain tunnels, and above-ground buildings. 35, no. Cui, A. M. Tang, P. Delage, B. Gatmiri, and W.-M. Ye, Long-term effect of water chemistry on the swelling pressure of a bentonite-based material, Applied Clay Science, vol. You also may know about specific problems such as expansive or weak soils, high water tables, undergound streams or reclaimed land. Quick links Shrinking and swelling soils The ______________________ ____________________ is installed applied directly to the foundation wall. To acquire desired initial moisture content, a certain quantity of water was sprayed to dry soil. 15 minutes and moisten all surfaces of the consolidometer which are to be 2 Literature Review. UE I' d__]~V; HOc^5NU*sw+LI\`"cUJ63L*qZ7T +2w2nrl_jrhz'\-xM}rP\ZR*5mkFf9cEI(HVW`? Wipe the container Earlier studies highlighted that the swelling characteristic of expansive soil is due to the amount of clay, type of clay minerals, initial dry density, initial moisture content, suction conditions, swelling time, and micro fabric of clay. consolidometer method in which the volume change of the soil is permitted S. Saba, J.-D. Barnichon, Y.-J. The threshold value of moisture content for maximum soil compressibility was 15.8%. And nonclay minerals consisted of quartz (15%), feldspar (6%), and calcite (13%). Door openings in load bearing walls DO or DO NOT need headers. (2) Initial Water Content Effect. V. Sivakumar, J. Zaini, D. Gallipoli, and B. Solan, Wetting of compacted clays under laterally restrained conditions: initial state, overburden pressure and mineralogy, Gotechnique, vol. In: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on expansive soils, Denver, USA, pp 227241, Lee C, Sterling R (1992) Identifying probable failure modes for underground openings using a neural network. It was concluded that the dry density effect was considerable when the dry density was greater than 0.15kN/m3, which is useful reference for geotechnical engineering applications. 2 0 obj [1] In this paper various types of damages caused by . Therefore, the dry density had a greater impact on expansive pressure than the moisture content. in the reservoir being at about the same level as the soil specimen and A low depression used in the soil for drainage. Therefore, with high compaction, the sample was expandable even though the sample was under a heavy applied vertical load. A comparative review. What is the tolerance for compression test results of concrete, according to the standards? <> stream Sarkar and Siddiqua [11] firstly investigated different fluid effect on the pore size distribution of a bentonite-sand material by X-ray computed tomography. Eur Geosci Union Geophys Res Abstr 6:03295. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU04/03295/EGU04-J-03295.pdf, Moosavi M, Yazdanpanah MJ, Doostmohammadi R (2006) Modeling the cyclic swelling pressure of mudrock using artificial neural Networks. w8<5Y|Q{jIP N=!I2"-rUzsLTH:xt)-q$3$ 96kv)/f%01Hb]P2? w_qyN>(F>;0xTNk,}C3i:Aw)]Qnx& ViC2KJa+q~ |^o\4(O_`4Jz]-;hq56V Moisture content. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page. These results could be explained by the change in the microstructure as the water content increased; this relationship could be described by a Gaussian function. 87, no. Often horizontal forces will cause horizontal cracks in a foundation wall. (b) Initial water content of 15.8%. Record the free swell readings shown by the dial gauge under True. (a) Specimen Diameter: 60mm. (b) Initial water content of 22.19%. [26]). Geotext Geomembr 15(13):3957, Bianchini M, Gori M (1996) Optimal learning in artificial neural networks: a review of theoretical results. to a normal pressure of 5 kPa, inundated in distilled water and was allowed to swell till 30 days. Beams see primarily ______________ loads. Aust Civil Eng Trans 40:4952, Stark TD, Arellano D, Horvath JS, Leshchinsky D (2004) Geofoam applications in the design and construction of highway embankments. Chen et al. The difference between the final and initial dial readings of the proving ring gives https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-012-1254-1, http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU04/03295/EGU04-J-03295.pdf. Traditionally, the swelling pressure is measured by directly inundating the unsaturated expansive soils to the fully saturated state under a confined condition (Sridharan et al., 1986; Tripathy et al., 2004). either fixed or the floating rings on both undisturbed and re-moulded soils Do load bearing walls have ends of floor or ceiling joists resting on them? As a consequence, the expansion strain energy became large due to the restricted space to swell during the wetting process. and represent coefficients for different water contents. You put water on clay and it expands. Compression index was calculated according to the slope of the straight line. Schanz et al. More details are explained in IS 2720 (Part 41):1977. Springer, Berlin, pp 105116, Chapter Therefore, the measured swelling pressure increased. If there are gaps in the insulation assembly. 153162, 2016. Y. Erzin and N. Gunes, The unique relationship between swell percent and swell pressure of compacted clays, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, vol. J.-L. Briaud, X. Zhang, and S. Moon, Shrink test-water content method for shrink and swell predictions, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol. specimen at constant volume, the platen shall be so adjusted that the dial gauge always N. V. Nayak and R. W. Christensen, Swelling characteristics of compacted expansive soils, Clays and Clay Minerals, vol. However, when the applied vertical load was greater than 50kPa, the samples collapsed during wetting at a dry density of 0.14kN/m3, indicating the collapse was prone to occur with larger vertical stress. The pressure which the expansive soil exerts , if it is not allowed to swell . Shrink-swell, or expansive, soils are one of the most costly and globally widespread geological hazards, with costs estimated to run into several billion pounds annually. It shall have a high permeability compared The increase in the volume fills the interparticle voids in the sample under confined conditions. is transmitted to the soil specimen through the loading cap. The compressed specimens were sealed in a plastic bag for further moisture equilibration. Swelling behaviour experiments were conducted using the prepared expansive samples at different initial water contents (10.10, 12.85, 15.80, 18.30, and 22.19%) and different dry densities (0.14, 0.15, and 0.16kN/m3). This difference can be explained as follows: under the same dry density, a sample with a smaller initial water content had more macropores (Tan et al. C " T. Schanz, M. I. Khan, and Y. Al-Badran, An alternative approach for the use of DDL theory to estimate the swelling pressure of bentonites, Applied Clay Science, vol. A sufficient volume of internal pore space reduced soil swelling. The initial moisture contents of the specimen were 10.10, 12.85, 15.8, 18.3, and 22.19%. Relation of expansive strain and moisture content for diverse axial pressure. The swelling mechanisms have been studied based on diffuse double layer theory (e.g., Sridharan and Jayadeva [1] and Tripathy et al. Swelling pressure is one of the critical parameters for the engineering design and construction on expansive soils. specimen. Civil Engineering Department, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey, Civil Engineering Department, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey, Civil Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Sakarya University, Esentepe Campus, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Bahrain, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain, Civil Engineering Department, Bartin University, Bartin, Turkey, You can also search for this author in Adv Eng Softw 32:805812, Xu Q, Huang RQ (1994) Artificial neural network methods for spatial prediction of slope stability. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email. Y.-G. Chen, C.-M. Zhu, W.-M. Ye, Y.-J. Look for structural problems in other homes in the neighborhood. attached to the load frame shall be placed in contact with the consolidation cell [18] showed that the horizontal expansive stress was affected by the dry density for different types of bentonites. Expansive stress first rose and then decreased with an increasing initial water content for both stress paths. The above results could be explained as follows. Ideally, the dial gauge reading would not exceed 0.01mm, to keep the sample from swelling and consolidation. In: Peters A et al (eds) Proceedings of the 10th international conference on computational methods in water resources, vol 12. Cracks due to horizontal forces (lateral Thrust) ARE or ARE NOT often serious structural problems? The map above is based upon "Swelling Clays Map of the Conterminous United States" by W. Olive, A. Chleborad, C. Frahme, J. Shlocker, R. Schneider and R. Schuster. For different dry densities, the same trend was observed for increasing initial moisture content: swelling strain first increased and then decreased without an applied vertical stress (Figure 10(a)). 72, no. volume change is prevented and the consequent pressure is measured. Int J Numer Anal Methods Geomech 32:12291245, Article IS:2720 (Part-XI). 2. Geotext Geomembr 15:77120, Ikizler SB, Aytekin M, Nas E (2008) Laboratory study of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam used with expansive soils. It was observed that the swelling pressures obtained from the constant volume tests were greater than the results from the swell under load tests. Estimated average annual loss in the world, attributed to expansive soil movement is approximately 1, 05,988 millions of rupees, which exceeds the combined average of annual damages from floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornados. Final report, report no. What is swell pressure test of soil and its laboratory procedure? Expansive soils, also known as soils with high shrink-swell potential, are common in various geographic regions, especially the central portion of North America. This equation could be used to calculate the one parameter, if the other parameter was known. allow water to flow in the sample. a plot of change in thickness of expanded specimen as ordinates and consolidation Some helpful conclusions were achieved from the experimental work, which would be beneficial for the engineering practices. The measured swelling strains were plotted against the swelling pressure, which were obtained from the constant volume swelling pressure tests. 7178, 2011. 1, pp. Lightweight dwellings, warehouses, garages/sheds, services and pavements are especially vulnerable to damage from swelling soils as these structures are less able to suppress the differential heave of the swelling soil than heavy, multistory structures. and weigh the empty container. Under the same vertical stress and moisture content, expansive strain rose with dry density. pressure exerted by the soil specimen under zero swelling condition shall be Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine. Adv Eng Softw 41(4):647655, Jang JSR (1993) ANFIS: adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system. 2.Rot or insect damage After compaction, water content was obtained by measuring the specimen from compacted soil. 111125, 2015. Neural Computing and Applications For the swell under load tests, it was difficult to expand for sample under axial pressure, especially when the axial pressure was considerable. Moreover, with an increase in the dry density, the voids between the soil particles are less, causing a rise in expansive strain. The test is conducted on a consolidometer. T/F Optimum moisture content shows the minimum soil moisture changes. cell. In: 12th Panamerican conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering/39th US rock mechanics symposium, Cambridge, MA, USA, pp 17671772, Rizzo DM, Dougherty DE (1994) Application of artificial neural networks for site characterization using hard and soft information. Why do clay soils swell? ; Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page Join TheConstructor to ask questions, answer questions, write articles, and connect with other people. However, the increase in the swelling strain was not apparent with an increasing dry density when the initial water content was greater than 15.8%, even as the dry density changed from 0.15kN/m3 to 0.16kN/m3. (d) Porous Stones: The stones shall be of silicon carbide or aluminium oxide Scientists have proposed that 65 million years ago in what is now the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, a 1.21016kg1.2 \times 10^{16}-\mathrm{kg}1.21016kg meteorite moving at speed 11km/s11 \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{s}11km/s collided with Earth, and the resulting harsh conditions led to the extinction of many species, including the dinosaurs. Specifically, the OT can be used to apply the . T. V. Bharat, P. V. Sivapullaiah, and M. M. Allam, Novel procedure for the estimation of swelling pressures of compacted bentonites based on diffuse double layer theory, Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. Kaufhold et al. [24], and Dafalla [25] considered expansive stress decreased monotonically with a rise in the moisture content. Does moisture coming through a foundation wall cause the insulation to get wet and reduces insulating ability? A. Sridharan and Y. Gurtug, Swelling behaviour of compacted fine-grained soils, Engineering Geology, vol. The mineral composition was analysed by X-ray diffraction technique. ring. Therefore, the maximum increase in expansive stress occurred with the increase of dry density under moisture content of 15.8%. There was a consistent law for initial water content of 15.8%, as shown in Figure 14(b). (1=^9]j WApkX&JMYyy$d4RUG'd*7Ux6/ Cq@$,>!|v s5Ljk=nSC4* q]\? Which is more serious: One large crack or several smaller cracks?? For increasing initial moisture content, the swelling strain first increased and then decreased without the vertical stress, similar to the relationship of expansive stress and moisture content. Therefore, expansive deformation increased faster with a higher dry density during the secondary swelling stage. The magnitude of swell pressure (the minimum vertical stress required to prevent swelling), and free swell (percent swell under a pressure of 1 kPa or 20 lbf/ft 2) can also be determined from the results of Test Method A. In general, the influence of the moisture content on expansion behaviour of expansive soil was not clear. T/F Shrinkage cracks are caused by the natural curing of concrete? 1-2, pp. 6.Missing. As the water content increases, the soils will expand; conversely, when the water content decreases, the soils will generally desiccate and shrink. Shrinkage cracks are usually small, less than _____ inch in width. T/F Beams sag because they are overspanned for their size. A. Youssef, Three-dimensional model for moisture and volume changes prediction in expansive soils, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol. A device to hold the sample in a ring either fixed or floating with porous stones on each face The Debye-Scherrer equation was casto to estimate the crystallite size and d spacing cal-culated by Bragg's formula. Implications of an improperly graded lot. Sand mixed with top soil. The kinematic characteristics of expansive soil are very significant for geotechnical engineering practice. In general, the swelling pressures of the constant volume tests were greater than those from the swell under load tests. Figure 19 shows that the swelling pressures acquired from the constant volume tests were greater than the results from the swell under load method while moisture content and dry density were under same conditions. The arrangement for Swell Pressure Test by Constant Volume Method consists of Loading unit Three types of floor slabs: The ultimate expansive stress increased with dry density under same moisture content. 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