An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example

Volume: 21 Number: 6 January 2, 2016
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An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example

Abstract

Cohesive soil exhibits various degrees of swelling potential due to their clay contents and minerals. Many studies have been conducted to determine the degree of swelling of cohesive soil in the literature. These studies are related with the percentage of clay and colloid, plasticity index, shrinkage limit, activity, liquid limit, the water content and absorption and some of them give tables and others give graphics. In this study, the swelling potential of cohesive soil depending on liquid limit and natural water content were investigated. The graphical relation in literature was solved and a general equation between the water content and liquid limit of cohesive soil was determined for predicting swelling percentage. It is understood that the relation of swelling percentage between water content and liquid limit is not logarithmic as given in the literature, but it is an exponential equation with a -0.187w power constant N. The proposed methodology was applied to cohesive soil between Avcılar and Esenyurt. In literature classifications for swelling potential are variable and these definitions are inconsistent with each other. Whereas reliable numerical values for swelling are obtained by the proposed approach of swelling potential associated with clays water content.

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Primary Language

English

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Authors

Gökhan Şans This is me

Rahmi Eyüboğlu This is me

Publication Date

January 2, 2016

Submission Date

January 2, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 21 Number: 6

APA
Bozkurtoğlu, E., Şans, G., & Eyüboğlu, R. (2016). An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 21(6), 270-275. https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA
AMA
1.Bozkurtoğlu E, Şans G, Eyüboğlu R. An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2016;21(6):270-275. https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA
Chicago
Bozkurtoğlu, Erkan, Gökhan Şans, and Rahmi Eyüboğlu. 2016. “An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 21 (6): 270-75. https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA.
EndNote
Bozkurtoğlu E, Şans G, Eyüboğlu R (January 1, 2016) An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 21 6 270–275.
IEEE
[1]E. Bozkurtoğlu, G. Şans, and R. Eyüboğlu, “An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example”, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 270–275, Jan. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA
ISNAD
Bozkurtoğlu, Erkan - Şans, Gökhan - Eyüboğlu, Rahmi. “An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 21/6 (January 1, 2016): 270-275. https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA.
JAMA
1.Bozkurtoğlu E, Şans G, Eyüboğlu R. An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2016;21:270–275.
MLA
Bozkurtoğlu, Erkan, et al. “An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 21, no. 6, Jan. 2016, pp. 270-5, https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA.
Vancouver
1.Erkan Bozkurtoğlu, Gökhan Şans, Rahmi Eyüboğlu. An Approach to Swelling Potential of Cohesive Soils: Avcilar-Esenyurt Example. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1;21(6):270-5. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA48JB69DA