Development of a new experimental device in order to improve swelling-shrinkage analysis of clavey soils

Tatiana Maison (1) , Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak (2) , Farid Laouafa (2) , Patrice Delalain (2)

1 Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais
2 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

The swelling-shrinkage of natural clayey soils was analyzed at the microscopic level, in an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM). They were subjected to several wetting-drying cycles with a new experimental device (patent n° 10-54771). It allows measuring simultaneously the surface strain evolution and the water content according to the relative humidity. The relation between these two parameters was established. These results can be correlated to water content evolution profiles function with the depth performed in situ (Maison, 2010).

Domains: Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences

Tatiana Maison, Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak, Farid Laouafa, Patrice Delalain. Development of a new experimental device in order to improve swelling-shrinkage analysis of clavey soils. LALOUI, Lyesse ; FERRARI, Alessio. Multiphysical testing of soils and shales, Springer. Berlin, pp.213-218, 2013, Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. ⟨ineris-00969456⟩