Experimental characterization of shrinkage behaviour of Australian expansive soils

Title: Experimental characterization of shrinkage behaviour of Australian expansive soils
Creator: Liu, Xianfeng; Buzzi, Olivier
Relation: Second European Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications, Volume 1 (Napoli, Italy 20-22 June, 2012) p. 333-338
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31116-1_45
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2012
Description: This paper presents some preliminary results of the study of the shrinkage behaviour of Australian expansive soils under air-drying condition. A new coating product has been tested to allow for the measurement of bulk volume of soils having irregular shapes. The effect of the new coating has been first assessed before applying the method to three Australian soils, two being highly expansive. The effects of mineral compositions and structure of tested soils on shrinkage behaviour were discussed.
Subject: expansive soil; bulk volume; air entry point; shrinkage; swelling
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1051444
Identifier: uon:15291
Identifier: ISBN:9783642311154
Language: eng
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