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

<table class="table-group" id="tab9"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Serial no.</td><td class="align_center">Tested soils</td><td class="align_center">Expansiveness</td><td class="align_center">PI (%)</td><td class="align_center">Ψ<sub>omc</sub></td><td class="align_center"><i>S</i></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">Hollywood</td><td class="align_center">Medium</td><td class="align_center">34</td><td class="align_center">565</td><td class="align_center">2.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">Heiden</td><td class="align_center">High</td><td class="align_center">48</td><td class="align_center">771</td><td class="align_center">9.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">Eagle Ford</td><td class="align_center">Very high</td><td class="align_center">57</td><td class="align_center">1040</td><td class="align_center">12.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Specification of independent test soils incorporated for validation of swell potential models.</div>

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Table 9: Development of Some Novel Suction-Based Correlations for Swell Behavior of Expansive Soils 