Within hydraulic earth structures (dikes, levees, or dams), internal seepage flows can
generate the entrainment of the soil grains. Grain transportation affects both particle size …

The use of sand-bentonite mixtures as liner materials for waste disposal is very common. In
the laboratory, this study investigated hydraulic conductivities of such mixtures at different …

The drastic decrease in volume of a natural, unsaturated soil deposit or compacted fill that
occurs upon wetting at virtually constant total stresses is termed “collapse”. Several methods …

Most of the works conducted to investigate the parameters likely to govern the behavior of
collapsible soils, have been dedicated to initial dry density, water content, degree of …

Soils that go through a great loss of volume upon wetting with or without additional loads are
identified as collapsible. In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of this …

Cette note technique est une contribution à l'identification empirique des sols affaissables.
L'étude propose une classification des sols, soit basée directement sur les limites …

Constructions on untreated collapsible soils requires special attention from geotechnical
engineers and building owners. The collapse destroys intergranular soil bonds and …

Accepted: 20 August 2022 The study of the collapse of soils under the effect of flooding is a
major problem in soil mechanics. Most of the work done on the treatment of these soils has …

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 …

Many countries in the word have loose and unstable soils encompassing a wide range
ofgeological materials, which when inundated, may collapse and cause very significant …