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Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/33181 Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa Van Rooy, J.L. (Jan Louis) freeser@jgi.co.za Heymann, Gerhard Freese, Ryan Lloyd Soils South Africa Collapse of residual Archaen granitic soils UCTD Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013. The collapse of residual Archaen granitic soils in South Africa is a geotechnical hazard that was identified in the 1950’s. Collapse has led to hazardous building conditions in the rapidly expanding northern parts of Johannesburg, and in areas stretching across the eastern parts of South Africa, encompassing KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces. Since the development of the oedometer test in the 1960’s and the research of Jennings and Knight in the 1970’s very little further research has been done on the topic of collapse, despite the development of a number of new testing procedures that can give insight into the properties of these soils. Due to the large surface area of South Africa prone to collapse, and the lack of knowledge and testing methods to identify and quantify this hazard the author felt, that further insight into the collapse of residual Archaen granitic soils was required. This research serves to evaluate the properties of Archaen residual granitic soils that may be indicative of collapsible soils. The research also compares various test methods and apparatus used to identify and quantify collapse potential, namely the oedometer collapse potential test and the triaxial collapse potential test, and evaluates the effect of soil properties on these methods. gm2014 Geology unrestricted 2014-01-28T14:28:16Z 2014-01-28T14:28:16Z 2013-09-06 2013 Dissertation Freese RL 2013, Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33181> E13/9/912/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33181 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Soils South Africa Collapse of residual Archaen granitic soils UCTD Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa |
| title | Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa |
| title_full | Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa |
| title_short | Collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in South Africa |
| title_sort | collapse of residual archaen granitic soils in south africa |
| topic | Soils South Africa Collapse of residual Archaen granitic soils UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33181 |