heaving soils

French translation: sols gonflants

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English term or phrase:heaving soils
French translation:sols gonflants
Entered by: GILOU

15:43 May 25, 2015
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / étude du sol
English term or phrase: heaving soils
Clay minerals such as the smectites that exhibit interlayer swelling when wetted, or clayey soils which, on account of the presence of swelling clay minerals, swell when wetted and shrink with cracking when dried. The latter are also known as heaving soils.
orgogozo
France
Local time: 17:25
sols gonflants
Explanation:
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/46069/file...

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http://www.geotech-fr.org/sites/default/files/revues/blpc/BL...

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http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=19003675
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GILOU
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Local time: 17:25
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Merci à tous
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1sols sujets au soulèvement
FX Fraipont (X)
4 +1sols gonflants
GILOU
Summary of reference entries provided
Expandable, Shrink-Swell, HEAVABLE Soils?
kashew

  

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sols sujets au soulèvement


Explanation:
heaving soils : se soulèvent en cas de gel

"Shallow foundations on expansive soils: a case ... - Springer
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10064-010-0337-4/f...
Construction on expansive soils can generally be resolved using piles. ... La construction sur sols gonflants peut généralement être réalisée à ..."

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"Frost heaving (or a frost heave) is an upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface, upwards from the depth in the soil where freezing temperatures have penetrated into the soil (the freezing front or freezing boundary).
Frost heaving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_heaving"

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Drmanu49
1 hr
  -> merci!

neutral  kashew: Your first ref. is apt - donc, sols gonflants.// I don't think frost heave is the argument. I thought the same at first.
3 hrs
  -> nope, check, that's "expansive soils" // CBD-26. "Ground Freezing and Frost Heaving" - MIT http://web.mit.edu › Home › Publications › Canadian Building Digests ... "Uplift Forces on Foundations in Frost Heaving Soils "http://htwww.nrcresearchpre
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sols gonflants


Explanation:
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/46069/file...

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http://www.geotech-fr.org/sites/default/files/revues/blpc/BL...

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http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=19003675

GILOU
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Merci à tous

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: http://www.cfms-sols.org/…df.php?file=1101-1104.pdf Comportement des sols gonflants lors de l'humidification et du séchage. Behavior of swelling soil under cyclic wetting and drying. Ejjaaouani H., Shakhirev V.
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Reference comments


17 hrs
Reference: Expandable, Shrink-Swell, HEAVABLE Soils?

Reference information:
Expandable soils are referred to by many names. "Expandable soils", "expansive clays", "shrink-swell soils" and "heavable soils" are some of the many names used for these materials.
http://geology.com/articles/expansive-soil.shtml
The argument between "gonflable" and "soulevable" needs a third man?

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