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    This document discusses special problems caused by shale beds and swimming pools. It describes how shale lenses can swell asymmetrically when crossed by developed pads, causing differential heave issues. Similarly, frost heave can cause problems where highways cross inclined clay strata. The document also notes that seepage from improperly constructed swimming pools can cause expansive soils to heave if structures are located nearby, as evidenced by a case study in San Jose. The recommended solution includes subdrainage and an HDPE membrane around pool shells.

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    Expansive Soils Part 6

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    Expansive Soils Pt6

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    This document discusses special problems caused by shale beds and swimming pools. It describes how shale lenses can swell asymmetrically when crossed by developed pads, causing differential heave issues. Similarly, frost heave can cause problems where highways cross inclined clay strata. The document also notes that seepage from improperly constructed swimming pools can cause expansive soils to heave if structures are located nearby, as evidenced by a case study in San Jose. The recommended solution includes subdrainage and an HDPE membrane around pool shells.

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    Special Problems: Shale Beds and Swimming Pools

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    This document discusses special problems caused by shale beds and swimming pools. It describes how shale lenses can swell asymmetrically when crossed by developed pads, causing differential heave issues. Similarly, frost heave can cause problems where highways cross inclined clay strata. The document also notes that seepage from improperly constructed swimming pools can cause expansive soils to heave if structures are located nearby, as evidenced by a case study in San Jose. The recommended solution includes subdrainage and an HDPE membrane around pool shells.

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    Part 6

    SPECIAL PROBLEMS:
    SHALE BEDS
    and
    SWIMMING POOLS

    Shale lenses

    One of the most


    vexing problems
    are discrete beds
    of expansive shale
    that often cross a
    developed pad
    These seams will
    swell
    asymmetrically, as
    a function of
    effective normal
    force, as sketched
    here

    Differential heave
    is a major
    problem for
    highways
    wherever they
    cross inclined
    strata containing
    clay (upper left)
    Similar
    phenomena can
    occur due to frost
    heave, shown at
    lower left

    Seepage from swimming pools constructed of porous


    gunite shells with water-cement ratios <0.45 can
    cause problems in expansive soils if structures are
    located close by, as sketched here.

    Case study of distressed home in San Jose, CA.


    Instrumentation showed that most of the swimming
    pool seepage percolated through the floor of the pool
    shell, but sufficient moisture seeping from one side
    caused soils to heave, as shown.

    The recommended solution included ample


    subdrainage around the gunite pool shell, and
    an HDPE membrane, sketched here.

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