The effect of wetting and drying cycles on the swelling-shrinkage behavior of the expansive soils improved by nanosilica and industrial waste
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DOI: 10.1007/s10064-020-01851-6
Abstract: The expansive clayey soils show swelling-shrinkage behavior in wetting and drying cycles, respectively. The seasonal water content variations cause large volume changes of expansive clays, and consequently great losses on the infrastructure. In this study,… read more here.
Keywords: shrinkage behavior; wetting drying; soil; swelling shrinkage ... See more keywords
Modeling of the swelling–shrinkage behavior of expansive clays during wetting–drying cycles
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DOI: 10.1007/s11440-018-0718-6
Abstract: This paper presents a constitutive model for simulating the swelling–shrinkage volume change of expansive soils during wetting–drying cycles. Based on the concept of the critical swelling–shrinkage state proposed by Zhao et al. [21], the elastic… read more here.
Keywords: wetting drying; deformation; yield; shrinkage ... See more keywords
Swelling and shrinkage behaviors of cross-laminated timber made of different species with various lamina thickness and combinations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117924
Abstract: Abstract The goal of this study was to analyze swelling (Sw) and shrinkage (Sh) behaviors of cross-laminated timber (CLT) made of different species and various lamina thickness and combinations. Compared to Sw and Sh of… read more here.
Keywords: behaviors cross; laminated timber; made different; shrinkage behaviors ... See more keywords