Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Abstract
The soil formation in this arid area is sometimes an expansive problematic soil. Due to the lake of the construction experience on this problematic soil, many defects are appeared in the new buildings established in these arid areas. In this paper, a focusing on the treatment method using soil replacement for expansive soil formation. In the other hand, some case studies were illustrated to show the different types of problems appeared due to the different construction methods used. Finally, a conclusion about how to overcome these defects happened due to this treatment method for this problematic soil is mentioned. Some recommendations are given to civil engineers to be taken into consideration during establishing any constructions on this problematic soil.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Farid, Ahmed T. M. and Hamid, Ihab A., "Evaluation of Treatment Methods Used for Construction on Expansive Soils in Egypt" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 14.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session02/14
Evaluation of Treatment Methods Used for Construction on Expansive Soils in Egypt
Chicago, Illinois
The soil formation in this arid area is sometimes an expansive problematic soil. Due to the lake of the construction experience on this problematic soil, many defects are appeared in the new buildings established in these arid areas. In this paper, a focusing on the treatment method using soil replacement for expansive soil formation. In the other hand, some case studies were illustrated to show the different types of problems appeared due to the different construction methods used. Finally, a conclusion about how to overcome these defects happened due to this treatment method for this problematic soil is mentioned. Some recommendations are given to civil engineers to be taken into consideration during establishing any constructions on this problematic soil.
