Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge

The heterogeneous nature of soil as a load bearing material, coupled with varying environmental conditions, pose challenges to geotechnical engineers in their quest to characterize and understand ground behavior for safe design of structures. Standard procedures for checking bearing capacity and set...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Vandanapu, Ramesh (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Omer, Joshua R. (author), Attom, Mousa (author)
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Vandanapu, Ramesh, Joshua R. Omer, Mousa Attom, and Farrokh Rafati Afshar. "Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge." Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, Springer 35, no. 6 (2017): 2827-2840.
1573-1529
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Collapsible soil
Laboratory simulation
Deformation
Plate loading test
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description The heterogeneous nature of soil as a load bearing material, coupled with varying environmental conditions, pose challenges to geotechnical engineers in their quest to characterize and understand ground behavior for safe design of structures. Standard procedures for checking bearing capacity and settlement alone may sometimes be insufficient to achieve an acceptable degree of durability and in-service performance of a structure, particularly under varying environmental conditions, whether natural or man-made. There exists a wide variety of problematic soils that exhibit swelling, shrinkage, dispersion and collapse characteristics occasioned by changes in moisture content. Specific examples are collapsible soils, which occur mainly in arid and semi-arid regions, are generally capable of resisting fairly large loads in the dry condition but suffer instability and significant strength loss when in contact with water. A number of case studies in the United Arab Emirates were examined, where lightly loaded structures such as boundary walls, pavements and footpaths had been built on ground overlying collapsible soil strata. Sustained irrigation of the dry landscapes was found to have caused uneven settlement of the collapsible soils leading to continuous distress to the structures as evident from cracking and deformation. To help address the problem, an opportunity has been taken to develop a laboratory method of simulating the loaded behavior of collapsible soils in varying situations and to measure its deformation at constant surcharge and ground water infiltration rates. Finally, relationships were developed to estimate the time and magnitude of settlement, if thickness of collapsible soil is known.
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spelling Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surchargeVandanapu, RameshOmer, Joshua R.Attom, MousaCollapsible soilLaboratory simulationDeformationPlate loading testThe heterogeneous nature of soil as a load bearing material, coupled with varying environmental conditions, pose challenges to geotechnical engineers in their quest to characterize and understand ground behavior for safe design of structures. Standard procedures for checking bearing capacity and settlement alone may sometimes be insufficient to achieve an acceptable degree of durability and in-service performance of a structure, particularly under varying environmental conditions, whether natural or man-made. There exists a wide variety of problematic soils that exhibit swelling, shrinkage, dispersion and collapse characteristics occasioned by changes in moisture content. Specific examples are collapsible soils, which occur mainly in arid and semi-arid regions, are generally capable of resisting fairly large loads in the dry condition but suffer instability and significant strength loss when in contact with water. A number of case studies in the United Arab Emirates were examined, where lightly loaded structures such as boundary walls, pavements and footpaths had been built on ground overlying collapsible soil strata. Sustained irrigation of the dry landscapes was found to have caused uneven settlement of the collapsible soils leading to continuous distress to the structures as evident from cracking and deformation. To help address the problem, an opportunity has been taken to develop a laboratory method of simulating the loaded behavior of collapsible soils in varying situations and to measure its deformation at constant surcharge and ground water infiltration rates. Finally, relationships were developed to estimate the time and magnitude of settlement, if thickness of collapsible soil is known.Springer2018-10-31T08:18:50Z2018-10-31T08:18:50Z2017-12info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfVandanapu, Ramesh, Joshua R. Omer, Mousa Attom, and Farrokh Rafati Afshar. "Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge." Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, An International Journal, Springer 35, no. 6 (2017): 2827-2840.1573-1529http://hdl.handle.net/11073/1627610.1007/s10706-017-0282-0en_USGeotechnical and Geological Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-017-0282-0oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/162762024-08-22T12:15:19Z
spellingShingle Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
Vandanapu, Ramesh
Collapsible soil
Laboratory simulation
Deformation
Plate loading test
status_str publishedVersion
title Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
title_full Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
title_fullStr Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
title_full_unstemmed Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
title_short Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
title_sort Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge
topic Collapsible soil
Laboratory simulation
Deformation
Plate loading test
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16276