Expansive Soils

Expansive soils are a worldwide problem. The estimated damage to buildings, roads and other structures built on expansive soils exceeds fifteen billion US dollars annually. With their ability to swell and shrink in relation to the environment's water content, expansive soils are considered as geonatural hazards and form a challenge to geotechnical and construction engineers. To address the problems associated with these soils, this edited book provides expert contributions on the recent advances in the characteristics and treatment of expansive soils as well as an evaluation of and remedial measures suggested for structures built on expansive soils. "Expansive Soils: Recent Advances in Characterization and Treatment" provides the reader with easy and specific access to the information needed. Containing contributions by 52 experts from 22 countries, it gives a truly worldwide perspective of the problems and solutions associated with expansive soils. It is a valuable reference for engineers, researchers and (graduate) students working on expansive soils, soil improvement and foundation engineering.

ISBN 0415396816   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780415396813 (What's this?)   Pages 544 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1065 Format Hardback   Published in London Publication date 08 Jun 2006   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress 2005035532   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 624.15136   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1		Geology, classification, and distribution of expansive soils and rocks : a case study from the Arabian Gulf by Amer A. Al-Rawas and Mattheus F. A. Goosen and Ghazi A. Al-Rawas		3
2		Identification and classification of expansive soils by Sudhakar M. Rao		15
3		Prediction and classification of expansive clay soils by Agus Setyo Muntohar		25
4		Overview of mineralogy of bentonites : genesis, physicochemical properties, industrial uses, and world production by Richard Prikryl		37
5		Swelling in non-vertisolic soils : its causes and importance by Miguel Angel Taboada and Raul Silvio Lavado		55
6		ESEM study of structural modifications of argillite during hydration/dehydration cycles by Joelle Duplay and German Montes-Hernandez and Luis Martinez		81
7		Large-scale odometer for assessing swelling and consolidation behavior of Al-Qatif clay by Shahid Azam		85
8		Water sorption and dilation of bentonites and montmorillonite-rich clays by Radek Hanus and Irena Kolarikova and Richard Prikryl		101
9		ESEM-DIA method to estimate swelling-shrinkage of raw and cation-saturated bentonite by German Montes-Hernandez		117
10		Effect of remolding techniques on soil swelling and shear strength properties by Mousa F. Attom and Majed M. Abu-Zreig and Mohammed Taleb Obaidat		127
11		Swelling rate of expansive clay soils by Roslan Hashim and Agus Setyo Muntohar		139
12		Swelling behavior of Ankara clay : predictive techniques, damage details, and swelling maps by Zeynal Abiddin Erguler and Resat Ulusay		149
13		Prediction of swelling characteristics with free swell index by Bhyravajjula R. Phanikumar		173
14		Remote sensing of expansive soils : use of hyperspectral methodology for clay mapping and hazard assessment by Sabine Chabrillat and Alexander F. H. Goetz		187
15		Spectroscopy as a tool for studying swelling soils by Patrick Chege Kariuki and Keith Shepherd and Freek Van Der Meer		211
16		Finite element analysis of piers in expansive soils by Yahia E.-A. Mohamedzein		231
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This book deals with expansive soil fundamentals, problems and solutions. It contains a total of 34 papers with contributions by 52 experts from 22 countries. It is intended for engineers, researchers and graduates students working on expansive soils, soil improvement and foundation engineering. Expansive soils occur in many parts of the world but particularly in arid and semi-arid regions; the case studies presented are mainly concerned with these areas. It would have been useful to have included case studies related to shrink/swell hazards and damage, particularly on the Atlantic edge of Europe, in order to present more of a worldwide overview rather than being almost exclusively devoted to arid and semi-arid areas. The book is presented in a clear manner, with nine well organized sections. The first section (5 papers) is devoted to the identification and classification of expansive soils and is followed by sections 2, 3 and 4 (at total of 13 papers) concerning volume change characteristics as well as classical and advanced techniques for swelling potential assessments and measurements. More advanced results related to shrinkage characterization would have been judicious. Section 5 concerns site characterization, with 3 papers form Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Australia. The 12 papers in section 6, 7 and 8 are devoted to the stabilization of expansive soils using lime, cement or other treatments. Finally, section 9 contains one paper discussing the use of granular pile-anchors -- a relatively new foundation technique for expansive soils. In conclusion, this book provides useful laboratory and field results concerning soil shrinking and swelling. It will help geotechnical workers obtain a better knowledge of the shrink/swell processes, hazards and associated remedial measures. Such knowledge is important if geotechnical engineers are to prevent many of the problems which have developed in the past, in areas of expansive soils. Bull Eng Geol Environment, 2007

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