Bi-dimensional Variability of Swelling Parameters   Bekkouche Abdelmalek Department. of Civil Engineering, University of Tlemcen, Algeria a_bekkouche@hotmail.com Youcef Houmadi Department. of Civil Engineering, University Center of Saïda, Algeria houmadiyoucef@yahoo.fr Aissa Mamoune Sidi Mohammed Department. of Civil Engineering, University of Tlemcen, Algeria aissa_mamoune@hotmail.com
			ABSTRACT

It is well known that the soil properties variability have a great influence on the assessment of the swelling parameters. The present work aims to analyze the bi-dimensional (2D) variability of the swelling parameters of a soil located in ex-ITE (Tlemcen) through a probabilistic method based on a random description of the soil properties variability. This method allows the identification of the swelling parameters in many areas where no information on the soil properties is available.

Keywords: stochastic; variability; soil; swelling.

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