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Some engineering geological effects of drought: examples from the UK
Abstract Most countries experience periodic dry spells/droughts and climatologists predict these may become more severe and of longer duration in the future. Whilst ground movement associated with shrink/swell is well known, other implications of changes in the general climatic conditions are less often considered by the construction industry. Having discussed the effect of shrink/swell in open field and wooded areas, the pressures involved in re-hydration, the significance of desiccation cracks for slope stability and the influence of dry and moist periods on road construction, the paper highlights how a change in ground water level and/or temperature can induce the development of ground sulphates and cause irreversible heave in lime-stabilised ground.
Some engineering geological effects of drought: examples from the UK
Abstract Most countries experience periodic dry spells/droughts and climatologists predict these may become more severe and of longer duration in the future. Whilst ground movement associated with shrink/swell is well known, other implications of changes in the general climatic conditions are less often considered by the construction industry. Having discussed the effect of shrink/swell in open field and wooded areas, the pressures involved in re-hydration, the significance of desiccation cracks for slope stability and the influence of dry and moist periods on road construction, the paper highlights how a change in ground water level and/or temperature can induce the development of ground sulphates and cause irreversible heave in lime-stabilised ground.
Some engineering geological effects of drought: examples from the UK
Hawkins, A. Brian (author)
2013
Article (Journal)
English
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