(fly oasac - 14 J Specimen 1 3 § a5 &) wetting 8) Specimen 2 & Wetting Specimen 3 Specimen 4 Vertical Stress Wetting Specimen 4 FIG. 2 Deformation Versus Vertical Stress, Tost Method A 3. Term ology 3.1 Definitions —Eor definitions of common technical terms in this standard, cefer to Terminology D633. 3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Spandard 32.1 collapse or hydrocompression (L)—welting-induced decrease in height of a soil element or test specimen, 3.22 collapse or hydrocompression strain—% induced change in height divided by the hei rior to wetting welting- t immediately 4.23 compression (L}—decrease in height of a soil element or est specimen due to wetting (synonymous with bydrocom: pression or collapse) or due to increase in total stress 3.24 free swell, % percent swell followi water atthe seating pressure of | KPa (20 Ibf/h") 125 intact specimen—a test specimen obtained from fetural deposit or from an existing compacted fill or embank- meat using undisturbed sampling equipment sorption of 126 percent heave or settlement, %—change in vertical height divided by the height of a column of soil immediately before wetting 327 primary swell or collapse (L)—amount of swell of collapse characterized as being completed atthe intersection of 1 328 reconstituted specimen—a test specimen compacted into & mold the two tangents fo the curve shown in Eig 329 secondery swell or collapse (L}—long-term swell or Collapse characterized as the linear portion ofthe plot shown ia Fig. | following completion of primary swell or collapse 3210 5 lun of soil rilement (L}—doerease in vertical height of a cot- 3.2.11 swell (£)—inerease in thickness of a soil element oF Soil specimen following absorption of water. 3.2.12. swell pressure (FL (o prevent swelling )the minimum stress requifed 4. Summa ry of Test Methods 4.1 Tn these test methods a soil specimen is restrained laterally in a rigid mold and loaded vertically (axially) in increments up to a load that depends on the purpose of the test, Subsequent to reaching equilibrium under the applied load, the specimen is inundated with (est water and the one-dimensional wetting-induced swell or collapse strain is measured, Test Method A is specilied for specimens that are reconstituted Using the fill material excluding the oversize fraction. Test Method Bis for intact samples of a natural soil or an existing fil, In both cases, the measured stesins are wetting-induced, not load-induved. Test Method C is used for measuring load-induced compression subsequent to welting-induced swell or collapse 5. Significance and Use S.1 The wetting-induced swell/collapse strains measured from Test Methods A and B can be used to develop estimates of heave or settlement of a confined soil profile (L and 2)." They can also be used to estimate the magnitudes of the swell pressure and the free swell strain, The load-induced strains after wetting from ‘Test Method C can be used to estimate stress-induced settlement following, welting-induced heave or settlement, Selection of test method, loading, ancl inundation sequences should, as closely as possible, simulate field condi- lions because relatively sinall variations in density and water content, or sequence of loading and wetting can significantly alter the test results (3 and 4),