Effect of suction change on water content and total volume of an expansive clay

作     者：ZHAN Liang-tong CHEN Ping NG C.W.W. 

作者机构：~ Department of Civil Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China Department of Civil Engineering Zhejiang Sci- Tech University Hangzhou 310018 China Department of Civil Engineering Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A(Applied Physics & Engineering)》 (浙江大学学报（英文版）A辑（应用物理与工程）)

年 卷 期：2007年第8卷第5期

页      面：699-706页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 080104[工学-工程力学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：Project (No. 50408023) supported by National Natural ScienceFoundation of China 

主　　题：Expansive soil Water content Suction Swelling Shrinkage 

摘      要：A laboratory study was carried out on both natural and compacted specimens to investigate the complex soil-water interaction in an unsaturated expansive clay. The laboratory study includes the measurement of soil-water characteristic curves, 1D free swelling tests, measurement of swelling pressure and shrinkage tests. The test results revealed that the air-entry value of the natural specimen was quite low due to cracks and fissures present. The hydraulic hysteresis of the natural specimen was relatively insignificant as compared with the compacted specimen. Within a suction range 0 to 500 kPa, a bilinear relationship between free swelling strain (or swelling pressure) and initial soil suction was observed for both the natural and compacted specimens. As a result of over-consolidation and secondary structures such as cementation and cracks, the natural specimens exhibited significant lower swelling (or swelling pressure) than the compacted specimen. The change of matric suction exerts a more significant effect on the water phase than on the soil skeleton for this expansive clay.