Thank you everyone for all the insights. I work in a land of dessicated hard dry clays, that are usually poised to swell. This site was not something we see even once in a blue moon. I posted this to the structural engineer forum because I was hoping to get some feedback from structural...
I'm in geotech and I'm trying to give a useful number to the structural engineer for designing a mat slab on very soft saturated clays. If using conventional footings and isolated floor we are estimating primary settlements of six inches max and 3 inches differential, and deep foundations not...
LCruiser,
Thank you for correcting me, my question should have addressed long-term moisture changes as well as seasonal ones. I am involved in consulting for commercial, civil, and residential projects all over the southwest. I work on a fair number of "forensics" cases. This issue comes back...
Hello all
I wonder what methods are available for determining the thickness of the zone of seasonal moisture content fluctuation or the "active depth" of a moisture-sensitive clay? I have read that this could extend to depths of 40 feet in some situations?
Consulting in Albuquerque, NM, we have...
