Research Article
Estimating the Climate-Controlled Soil Parameters and the Distorted Mound Shape for Analysis of Stiffened Rafts on Expansive Soils
Table 2
Calculated
, , , and
for expansive soils at different locations in the KSA.
| No. | Location | | from Equation (1) | | | from Figure 1 at | (%) | (bars) | | | | |
| 1 | Tayma | 20.25 | 4.97 | 497 | 3.70 | 1.70 | 5.01 | −15.00 | 2 | Tabuk | 20.25 | 12.71 | 1,271 | 4.10 | 1.90 | 7.94 | −21.00 | 3 | Al-Ghat | 15.75 | 24.55 | 2,455 | 4.39 | 1.61 | 4.07 | −27.80 | 4 | Al-Ghat | 22.50 | 31.62 | 3,162 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 3.16 | −30.00 | 5 | Madina | 29.25 | 25.29 | 2,529 | 4.40 | 1.60 | 3.98 | −28.00 | 6 | Madina | 27.75 | 12.33 | 1,233 | 4.09 | 1.91 | 8.13 | −14.50 | 7 | Hofuf | 18.00 | 36.81 | 3,681 | 4.57 | 1.43 | 2.69 | −31.60 |
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