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OF EXPANSIVE SOIL
IN SRI LANKA
R.A.I. Senarathne
This thesis was submitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Moratuwa
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Foundation
Engineering
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgement
Declaration
Contents
Chapter 1- Introduction
1.1 Expansive soil
1.2 Occurrence of expansive soils
CONTENTS
1.3 Approaches of expansive soil in expansive soil
1.4 Identification of Expansive soils
1.5 Out line of the present study and thesis
Chapter7- Conclusions
7.1. Summary
7.2.Conclsions
Annex 1.
A.l.Laboratary test studies
A.l.1.Swell pressure
A.1.2. Wet sieve analysis and Hydrometer analysis
A.l.3. Atterberg limit