Correlation between Swelling Pressure and Free Swell of Greater Cairo City Expansive Soils –  A Case Study

Nasser A. A. Radwan; Khaled M. M. Bahloul

doi:10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316948

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Correlation between Swelling Pressure and Free Swell of Greater Cairo City Expansive Soils – A Case Study

Nasser A. A. Radwan

Khaled M. M. Bahloul

Journal of Engineering Research and Reports, Page 1-6
DOI: 10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316948
Published: 23 July 2019

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate experimentally the relationship between free swell, plasticity index of expansive soil found in greater Cairo City Suburbs, Egypt with swelling pressure of mentioned soil. Predicting Swelling Pressure of any soil is a time consuming and expensive test in comparison to determining plasticity index and free swell which are simple, fast and economic tests. In present research six samples of expansive soil were collected from different locations of study area. The method uses single variable and multiple variable regression analysis using Microsoft excel software.

Keywords:

Expansive soil
swelling pressure
free swell
plasticity index
regression analysis

How to Cite

Radwan, N. A., & Bahloul, K. M. (2019). Correlation between Swelling Pressure and Free Swell of Greater Cairo City Expansive Soils – A Case Study. Journal of Engineering Research and Reports, 6(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316948

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