摘要：The soil movement information over time is required for the design of foundations placed in expansivesoils. This information is also helpful for the assessment of pre-wetting and controlled wetting mitigationalternatives for expansive soils. Several researchers during the past fifteen years have proposed differentmethods for the prediction of the soil movements over time. The available methods can be categorizedinto （i） consolidation theory-based methods, （ii） water content-based methods, and （iii） suction-basedmethods. In this paper, a state-of-the-art of the prediction methods is succinctly summarized. Themethods are critically reviewed in terms of their predictive capacity along with their strengths andlimitations. The review highlights the need for prediction methods that are conceptually simple yetefficient for use in conventional engineering practice for different types of expansive soils. 2015 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Production and hosting byElsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

关键词：expansive soils matric suction soil 

单位：Department of Civil Engineering University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada