Recommended references for expanding clay soils
Recommended references for expanding clay soils
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Does anybody have any recommended references for foundation design with expanding clay type soils? The design I am working on is residential. Any thoughts regarding design in this type of soil would also be appreciated.
thank you,
Alex
thank you,
Alex






RE: Recommended references for expanding clay soils
You're better off paying a soils engineer now than having a couple of hundred unhappy homeowners litigating this.
RE: Recommended references for expanding clay soils
I have the document which is titled "Design of Slab-on-Ground Foundations, A Design, Construction, and Inspection Aid for Consulting Engineers", dated August, 1981. I would hope that there are copies available through a search on the internet.
Also - through a previous post - check out the following:
http://books.nap.edu/books/NI000261/html/1.html
Criteria for Selection and Design of Residential Slabs-on-Ground (1968) (downloadable with Design Tables etc)
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