TY - BOOK ID - 145775319 TI - Expansive Clay Soils and Vegetative Influence on Shallow Foundations AU - Vipulanandan, C. AU - Addison, Marshall B. AU - Hansen, Michael AU - Civil Engineering Conference AU - Shallow Foundation and Soil Properties Committee Sessions at ASCE Civil Engineering Conference 2001 AU - American Society of Civil Engineers GEO Institute PY - 2001 PB - [Place of publication not identified] American Society of Civil Engineers DB - UniCat KW - Foundations KW - Soil mechanics KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Civil Engineering KW - Expansive soils KW - Clays KW - Shallow foundations KW - Soil properties KW - Soil water KW - Vegetation KW - Soil-structure interaction KW - Soil suction KW - Texas KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145775319 AB - Proceedings of geotechnical sessions at the 2001 Annual Civil Engineering Conference, held in Houston, Texas, October 10-13, 2001. Sponsored by the Shallow Foundation and Soil Properties Committee of the Geo-Institute of ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 14 papers that discuss the effects of trees and moisture movements on various lightly loaded foundations on expansive clays. Papers review current state of the practice in foundation design, maintenance, and remediation as it relates to vegetative effects and expansive clays on foundations. Topics include: tree root damage to buildings; predicting volume changes in expansive soils resulting from environmental factors including vegetation; drought; expansive clay soil problems and solutions throughout the world; soil-structure interaction; field test program to obtain geotechnical properties; depth of wetting and active zone in expansive soils; slabs on expansive clay with vegetation considerations; volume change coefficient of expansive clay; in-situ modification of active clays for shallow foundation remediation; cracking of pavement due to drying shrinkage; soil suction measurements; and data base on under-slab moisture contents in Texas. ER -