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Experimental Study on Factors Influencing the Expansive Properties of Disturbed Swelling Rock

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In this study the vertical swelling pressure in disturbed expansive soil was evaluated under constant-volume hydration swelling tests. The volume change during inundation was observed under two conditions: constant vertical stress at inundation and constant volume. A swelling stress-strain relationship model of compacted expansive soil is established under a one-dimensional axial load, which is related to the properties of the soil and can be used to predict the swelling stress of compacted soil with high density or strain under a specific axial load. This study can help to predict the swelling stress and strain of compacted expansive rock.

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    Jin-Shu Wang, Guang Wu, Zhi-Ming Zhao, Lin Li, Qi Lian & Liu He

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 1, p. 28, January-February, 2020.

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Wang, JS., Wu, G., Zhao, ZM. et al. Experimental Study on Factors Influencing the Expansive Properties of Disturbed Swelling Rock. Soil Mech Found Eng 57, 84–91 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-020-09641-8

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