ninetofive
Civil/Environmental
Hello,
I have spent some time searching the forum for a discussion regarding this and did not find anything so I figured I could ask..
I have received a soil test result for a proposed foundation design on some potentially expansive soils. I am familiar with relating the Atterberg and %silt & %clays results to estimate the potential for swell, but, this report also included the ASTM D4546 test for percent swell. I have done some research and found that anything above 1.5% is very high and this soil actually had the test come back at 2.61%, but what I am struggling with is relating the % swell to any sort of industry standard and/or any published research or tables that can break down the percent swell.
Any wisdom on this would be greatly appreciated.
I have spent some time searching the forum for a discussion regarding this and did not find anything so I figured I could ask..
I have received a soil test result for a proposed foundation design on some potentially expansive soils. I am familiar with relating the Atterberg and %silt & %clays results to estimate the potential for swell, but, this report also included the ASTM D4546 test for percent swell. I have done some research and found that anything above 1.5% is very high and this soil actually had the test come back at 2.61%, but what I am struggling with is relating the % swell to any sort of industry standard and/or any published research or tables that can break down the percent swell.
Any wisdom on this would be greatly appreciated.