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SEMINER PRESENTATION
NAME :- PARYANYA DEV GOSWAMI
CLASS :- BCE III
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
ROLL :- 000910401053
CONCERNED SUPERVISOR
& GUIDE :- PROF. R. B. SAHU
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
Introduction .
ii.
What is desiccation ?
iii.
iv.
Causes of Desiccation .
v.
vi.
What is desiccation ?
substance .
ii.
iii.
Causes of desiccation :i. Effect of vegetation :A line of trees, or a single tree, is likely to affect the
water content of the soil ,clearly showing the
persistent desiccation of the soil around the trees
and vegetal covers.
ii.
Swelling behaviour of desiccated clay : Vertical and Volumetric Swell Potentials of Desiccated
Specimens .
vertical swell potential = (h /
hshrunken )
volumetric swell potential = e/
(1+eshrunken)
For as compacted soil specimens vertical and volumetric
Damages in
domestic
properties .
DESICCATION CRACKS
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Subsidence of soil
in ARIZONA
subsidence crack
in structure
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SHORTCOMINGS
Removal of trees
Underpinning
SHORTCOMINGS
Inundation in water
Discussion with household insurer
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than cure..
is better
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Note .)
Structural Development in Surficial Heavy Clay Soils : A Synthesis of
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