Foundations on Expansive Soils

✍ Scribed by FU HUA CHEN (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
Year: 1975
Leaves: 279
Series: Developments in Geotechnical Engineering 12
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Further titles in this series
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Preface
Page vi

Chapter 1 - Nature of Expansive Soils
Pages 1-31

Chapter 2 - Mechanics of Swelling
Pages 33-60

Chapter 3 - Field and Laboratory Investigations
Pages 61-69

Chapter 4 - Drilled Pier Foundations
Pages 71-102

Chapter 5 - Footing Foundations
Pages 103-120

Chapter 6 - Slabs on Expansive Soils
Pages 121-144

Chapter 7 - Moisture Control
Pages 145-157

Chapter 8 - Soil Stabilization
Pages 159-181

Chapter 9 - Investigation of Foundation Movement
Pages 183-194

Case I - Distress Caused by Pier Uplift
Pages 195-211

Case II - Distress Caused by Improper Pier Design and Construction
Pages 213-220

Case III - Distress Caused by Heaving of Footing Pad and Floor Slab
Pages 221-242

Case IV - Distress Caused by Heaving of Continuous Footings
Pages 243-250

Case V - Distress Caused by Rise of Water Table
Pages 251-261

APPENDIX A - Suggested Method of Test for One-Dimensional Expansion and Uplift Pressure of Clay Soils
Pages 263-270
W.G. HOLTZ

APPENDIX B - True and False
Pages 271-274

Index
Pages 275-280

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