6.7 ,. Collapsible Soils.

and Subsidence 247

'800

Low unit weight loess

natural moisture 14.0 r!)'

~
6
1::
Ol
·~
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',·
High unit weight loess:
natural moisture -
'2
:::1
' ............... 2::'
15.0 0
...
..... ....
'

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........
.

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'
....
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. .... ....
High unit weight loess .--/ . '........ ' .... ..
prewetted ·. · · ·· ....... ':"' ........................ ....
............ ::::~ ........ -.
........ .:-.:-.:.

Pressure (lbf/in. 2 )
FIGURE 6.23 ·Effect of loading and wetting high and low unit weight loess soil foundations
(U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1998).

Med. High Very high

Collapse .Expansion
\ '

08
" o 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
LL
FIGURE 6.24 Collapsibility based on in situ dry density and liquid limit
(adapted from Mitchell and Gardner, 1975, and Gibbs, 1969).