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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