Abstract:
This paper presents a study conducted on three active clay soils analysed at seven commercial
laboratories in South Africa. Commercial test results are often used as input parameters for prediction models
used to estimate potential heave expected from active clays, especially when designing foundations for light
structures. This paper briefly looks at the typical results obtained from such laboratories and comments on the
correlation achieved.
Description:
Conference: 16Th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, At unisia, Volume: Innovative Geotechnics for Africa - Bouassida, Khemakhem & Haffoudhi (Eds.) 2015