Rainfall evaluation of root water uptake induced deformation

• Main Authors: Mu'azu, Mohammed Abdullahi, Ali, Nazri, Ahmed, Kamarudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN) 2010
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/25977/2/jeas_0810_371.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/25977/; http://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/research_papers/rp_2010/jeas_0810_371.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A volume change was modeled as a result of matric suction change caused by vegetative induced moisture migration. Tree root water-uptake increases soil strength by increasing the soil matric suction and as well causes volume change which might be detrimental to geotechnical structure. Rainfall effec...