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A site on which a building was to be constructed was studied by conducting a large number of pH and Atterberg limit tests on grab samples of soil and in situ resistivity tests on a grid pattern. Contour plots were then made of these indicator properties to attempt to identify zones of high and low potential expansion and horizontal expansion potential gradients. Characteristic surface waveforms were also studied at the site by time-delayed differential surveys of two lines of 128 surface markers, the Fourier transforms of which provided signatures of ground surface movements. Surveys of the soil-supported first floor slab made after construction suggest that the strongest correlation of floor movement was with plasticity index gradient.

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Atterberg limits; Correlation analysis; Expansive clays; Fourier transforms; Highway grades; pH value; Plasticity index; Seismicity; Slopes

Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics

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Sep 30 1988 12:00AM

• CONTROLLING EXPANSIVE SOIL DESTRUCTIVENESS BY DEEP VERTICAL GEOMEMBRANES ON FOUR HIGHWAYS
• EXPERIENCE WITH ROADS AND BUILDINGS ON EXPANSIVE CLAYS
• FOUNDATION DESIGN OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT IN STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
• LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR OF A DRILLED SHAFT IN EXPANSIVE SOIL
• MEASUREMENT OF SWELLING PRESSURE IN THE LABORATORY AND IN SITU
• PREDICTION OF SWELLING PRESSURE AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE SWELL BEHAVIOR OF AN EXPANSIVE SOIL
• RATIONAL APPROACH TO PREDICT SWELLING SOIL BEHAVIOR
• ROLE OF MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION IN THE ACTIVITY OF EXPANSIVE SOILS
• THE EFFECT OF VEGETATION TRANSPIRATION ON THE DEFORMATION OF HIGH VOID RATIO EXPANSIVE SOIL FOUNDATION
• TREATMENT OF EXPANSIVE SOILS: A LABORATORY STUDY