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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2015 Soil collapse occurs when increased moisture causes chemical or physical bonds between the soil particles to weaken, which allows the structure of the soil to collapse.
Naema A. Ali
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Collapse of stone column foundations due to inundation. [PDF]
, 1990 An important problem encountered by foundation engineers involves partially saturated soils which possess considerable in-situ dry strength that is largely lost when the soils become wetted. Foundation design in such soils is difficult at best.
Ayadat, Tahar
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Influence of acid environment on Collapsibility of Loess [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Cemented connection of loess is an important internal factor of loess collapsibility, which has a direct impact on its collapsibility. In this study, different concentrations of nitric acid were added to the immersion solution of loess collapsibility ...
Zhang Yao +4 more
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Behavior of Collapsible Soils Improved by Fly Ash and Cement Kiln Dust [PDF]
Journal of Engineering Research - Egypt, 2020 Collapsible soils are metastable soils characterized by voids inside their building, at grain sizes ranging from silt to fine sand. On wetting, they collapse producing distortions that might cause failure of structures.
Mohamed Sakr, Ahmed Nasr, Doaa Asal
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The cascade structure of linear instability in collapsible channel flows [PDF]
, 2008 This paper studies the unsteady behaviour and linear stability of the flow in a collapsible channel using a fluid–beam model. The solid mechanics is analysed in a plane strain configuration, in which the principal stretch is defined with a zero initial ...
W. G. LI +7 more
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State-of-the-Art-Review of Collapsible Soils
Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 2000 Collapsible soils are encountered in arid and semi-arid regions. Such soils cause potential construction problems due to their collapse upon wetting. The collapse phenomenon is primarily related to the open structure of the soil.
A. A. AL-Rawas
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Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2022 Calcite is one of the commonest bond elements in natural collapsible soils. Where calcite occurs in significant amounts, the soils are considered calcareous. Collapsible soils are characterised by high porosity, high-void ratio, and low-dry density, with
Alfred Wilson Opukumo +2 more
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Modelling the behavior of inundated collapsible soils
Engineering Reports, 2020 The properties of collapsible soil exhibit a lot of sensitivity toward the increase of water content, especially when the soil is close to the dry state.
Mohamed Ashour +3 more
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Treatment of Swelling and Collapsible Characteristics of Soils By Waste Building Materials [PDF]
Kirkuk Journal of Science, 2018 Volume changes occur when soil exposed to water, for expansive soil the size of soil increases and produce pressure on surrounding area, but for collapsible soil it cause large amount of settlement under a certain load, the amount of swelling and ...
Mohammed Ibrahim, Rizgar Humadi
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Treatment of collapsible soils by mixing with iron powder
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2018 Collapsible soils are meta-stable soils which present a potential for a large deformation and a complete change to the whole particle structure after wetting, with or without loading.
A.A. AlShaba +2 more
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