Contribution for the knowledge of mechanical characteristics of contaminated dune sand with gasoline

Abstract

Portugal, country of the Southwest of the Europe, has extensive areas of granular lands constituted by sands of dunes that are located next to the coast. The unsustainable development of the society has lead to the intensive occupation of these lands. As consequence sometimes arise contaminated soils where are or can be built buildings or other structures. Therefore, this work presents some results of a group of classic tests in the ambit of the Soils Mechanics (identification, compaction, direct shear and oedometer), in the sense of acquiring sensibility concerning the way as these soils behave when they are contaminated with gasoline.