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The collapse potential of a soil can be measured directly by using simple laboratory or field tests. It has been demonstrated that stress-strain curves from laboratory response-to-wetting tests can be used to obtain reasonable estimates of strain and settlement upon wetting. When field plate load tests are used to determine soil collapsibility, the stress-strain relationship is often not evaluated. In this paper the advantages of developing a stress-strain relationship from plate load tests for estimating colaspe settlement are discussed, and a test procedure and analysis for in-situ collapse testing are addressed. Laboratory and field methods for assessing collapse potential are compared.
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Houston, S.L., Houston, W.N., Mahmoud, H.H. (1995). Interpretation and Comparison of Collapse Measurement Techniques. In: Derbyshire, E., Dijkstra, T., Smalley, I.J. (eds) Genesis and Properties of Collapsible Soils. NATO ASI Series, vol 468. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0097-7_11
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