Factors Affecting the Swelling-Compression Characteristics of Clays in Yichang, China

Expansive soil has been studied for eighty decades because it is prone to cause geotechnical engineering accidents. The results of the moisture content effects on the expansive pressure were not consistent in the literatures. In this paper, swelling deformation and pressure tests were conducted to c...

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Main Authors: Changxi Huang, Xinghua Wang, Hao Zhou, Yan Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6568208