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A large number of structural damages reported during the past decades around the world associated with a high geotechnical risk have highlighted the major attention that should be given to the expansive soil category in engineering practice. For avoiding or mitigating the effects of clay expansiveness on civil engineering structures before construction, the identification of soil parameters related to swelling behavior is considered essential in solving geotechnical engineering problems. This paper aims to analyze...

Due to large widespread of loess deposits in many parts of the world and reported geotechnical problems arising from collapse susceptibility due to soil sensitivity to wetting changes associated with subsidence and damages, advanced and detailed analyses for quantification of specific characteristics are necessary in order to select the optimal technical solutions in terms of structure safety and stability. This paper presents the analysis of various experimental testing results, with particular emphasis on the co...