Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Settlements in infrastructure works such as roads, bridges and highways are often underestimated due to a lack of understanding of the phenomena associated with volumetric deformations of soils. This can lead to significant damage to the structures built on them and in some cases it will be necessary to demolish them or render them useless. This study shows the difference in longterm deformations that occur between two types of soil depending on their particle sizes. The study shows the results of two soil samples subject to consolidation, with identical initial moisture content, but with a different particle size distribution. It also shows how the consolidation process occurs and the direct influence of particle size on the long-term volumetric reduction process of soils.
Source: Revista de Ingeniería Civil
Institutions: Autonomous University of Queretaro, Universidad de Guanajuato
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Universidad de Guanajuato
OpenAlex ID: W4406281481