Development of Some Novel Suction-Based Correlations for Swell Behavior of Expansive Soils

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Locations</td><td class="align_center">Samples designation</td><td class="align_center">Swell potential (%)</td><td class="align_center">Swell pressure (kPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">Karak</td><td class="align_center">S1</td><td class="align_center">9.6</td><td class="align_center">275</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">S2</td><td class="align_center">7.8</td><td class="align_center">240</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">S3</td><td class="align_center">5.4</td><td class="align_center">152</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">D.I Khan</td><td class="align_center">S4</td><td class="align_center">6.9</td><td class="align_center">195</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">S5</td><td class="align_center">6.5</td><td class="align_center">182</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">Kohat</td><td class="align_center">S6</td><td class="align_center">5.8</td><td class="align_center">138</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">S7</td><td class="align_center">5.1</td><td class="align_center">205</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">S8</td><td class="align_center">8.2</td><td class="align_center">260</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Summary of swell potential (S) and swell pressure (Sp) of the investigated expansive soils.</div>

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Table 3: Development of Some Novel Suction-Based Correlations for Swell Behavior of Expansive Soils 