• Chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted Boom Clay: joint effects of osmotic and matric suctions 

      Mokni, Nadia; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià (Thomas Telford, 2014-07)
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      An experimental programme involving osmotic and matric suction controlled tests is carried out to investigate the effects of increasing pore fluid concentration, chemical cycling (salinisation/dilution) and matric suction ...
    • Heave of a railway bridge: modelling gypsum crystal growth 

      Ramon Tarragona, Anna; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo (2013-01)
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      The heave of the central pillars of a railway bridge, founded on large-diameter bored piles, is a consequence of gypsum crystal growth in an anhydritic claystone stratum underlying the tip of the piles. The heave mechanism ...
    • Massive sulfate attack to cement-treated railway embankments 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Ramon Tarragona, Anna (2013-03)
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      Two access embankments to a railway bridge, having a maximum height of 18 m, experienced a continuous and severe heave shortly after construction. Vertical displacements reached 120 mm in a 2-year period. The embankments ...