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So your home is built on expansive soils : a discussion on how expansive soils affect buildings /

So Your Home is Built on Expansive Soils: A Discussion on How Expansive Soils Affect Buildings, Second Edition, is written for the layperson in clear, easy-to-understand terms to assist homeowners in understanding why some soils and conditions lead to problematic shrinking and swelling. Both the nat...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wray, Warren K. (Editor), Addison, Marshall B. (Editor), Struzyk, Kenneth M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2019]
Edition:Second editon
Subjects:
Earth movements and building > Miscellanea.
Swelling soils > Miscellanea.
Sol, Mouvements du, et construction > Miscellanées.
Sols gonflants > Miscellanées.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
Earth movements and building.
Swelling soils.
Soil properties
Expansive soils
Damage (structural)
Shallow foundations
Shrinkage (material)
Swelling (material)
Heave
Terminology and definition
Electronic books.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:So Your Home is Built on Expansive Soils: A Discussion on How Expansive Soils Affect Buildings, Second Edition, is written for the layperson in clear, easy-to-understand terms to assist homeowners in understanding why some soils and conditions lead to problematic shrinking and swelling. Both the nature of the soil behavior and how buildings respond are addressed. This comprehensively updated report discusses the difference between cosmetic damage and structural damage resulting from soil shrinkage or heave movement and provides information on both prevention and mitigation of damage
Item Description:"Prepared by the Shallow Foundations Committee of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers."
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 91 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780784481950
0784481954
9780784481967
0784481962