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Foundation Treatments Using Sand Compaction Piles And Surcharge Loading Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, A Case Study, Perry A. Taylor, John A. Gerlach
Foundation Treatments Using Sand Compaction Piles And Surcharge Loading Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, A Case Study, Perry A. Taylor, John A. Gerlach
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Two, 42-meter diameter, 12.2 meter high (100,000 barrel) above ground jet fuel tanks are currently under construction by the Japan Engineering District (JED), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Defense Logistic Agency (DLA) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. This presentation is a case study of the installation of Sand Compaction Piles (SCP’s) and surcharge at MCAS Iwakuni. The geology below the tanks consists of poorly behaving liquefiable silty clays that can affect the bearing capacity of the loaded tanks. The site was formerly a marsh area filled with various debris and construction refuse and then covered with …
Surcharge Fill And Vertical Drain System Improves Soft Clay Site, Mark M. Petersen, Gary J. Van Riessen
Surcharge Fill And Vertical Drain System Improves Soft Clay Site, Mark M. Petersen, Gary J. Van Riessen
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The Intermountain Power Project in Delta, Utah required construction of a Railcar Service Center near Provo, Utah. Preliminary investigations related to the design of the proposed facility revealed the presence of soft clays at the site adjacent to the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. Detailed geotechnical laboratory and field investigations were performed using relatively undisturbed California samples, thin-walled Shelby tube samples, and cone penetration test soundings. The detailed investigations revealed the presence of a significant layer of deep, soft varved clay. This soft clay layer originated from alluvial deposits from the old Lake Bonneville. Because of the need to develop …
Dearborn Center: A Unique Soil Structure Interaction Design, Clyde N. Baker Jr., Ted D. Bushell, Rob Diebold
Dearborn Center: A Unique Soil Structure Interaction Design, Clyde N. Baker Jr., Ted D. Bushell, Rob Diebold
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The paper describes a case history that illustrates a mixed foundation system in which existing caissons which previously supported an 11-story building that had been demolished down to street level, share the load with a mat constructed in the lowest basement level on top of the existing caissons to support a new 38-story office building. The geotechnical investigation to determine the properties of the supporting soil strata is described as well as the material investigation to confirm the integrity of the existing foundations. The soil structure interaction concept developed and the analysis performed is presented. The observed settlement is compared …
Comparison Of Two Ground Modification Techniques To Reduce Settlement, Kenneth R. Bell, John R. Davie
Comparison Of Two Ground Modification Techniques To Reduce Settlement, Kenneth R. Bell, John R. Davie
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
At the La Rosita Power Plant site in Mexicali, Mexico, a 3-m thick layer of loose very fine sandy silt was encountered at about 7.5 m depth. Settlement calculations performed for the heavier (150 to 200 kPa) settlement sensitive structures indicated values of up to 65 mm, compared to an allowable settlement of 50 mm. During the design of the base plant, various options for limiting settlement were reviewed. Based on a cost and schedule review, jet grouting of the loose silt layer was chosen. The predicted post-grouting foundation settlement was approximately 35 to 40 mm. During construction of the …
Use Of Straight Shaft Piers As Settlement Reducers In Combined Footing Design Over Chicago Soft Clay, Clyde N. Baker Jr., Tony A. Kiefer, Kolbjorn Saether
Use Of Straight Shaft Piers As Settlement Reducers In Combined Footing Design Over Chicago Soft Clay, Clyde N. Baker Jr., Tony A. Kiefer, Kolbjorn Saether
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The paper describes the design and construction history of a 10-story (with provision for two more stories) combination parking structure and office building cost effectively built over soft clay in Chicago, Illinois. The site profile consisting of medium dense to dense sand and sandy silt underlain by soft compressible clay to a very thin, sometimes non-existent, very stiff to hard clay layer underlain by water bearing very dense sandy silt to limestone bedrock made foundation design within the owner's budget difficult. The development of a unique combination of strip footings in the shallow, medium dense to dense sand layer combined …
The Use Of Stone Columns On Settlement And Liquefaction Susceptible Soils, Ivan Jackson Maduro, Carlos Rodriguez Molina, Luis Vazquez Castillo, Bruno Renoud-Lias, Gilbert J. Salvi
The Use Of Stone Columns On Settlement And Liquefaction Susceptible Soils, Ivan Jackson Maduro, Carlos Rodriguez Molina, Luis Vazquez Castillo, Bruno Renoud-Lias, Gilbert J. Salvi
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The new Paradisus Coco Beach Resort in Rio Grande (PR) is located on an old swamp area, which has been filled with relatively clean to silty sands. The swampy deposits consists of organic silts, peat and loose fine to medium sand and silty sand. The project requires the placement of 1.0 to 1.5 meters of additional fill together with the construction of light structures. The need for the fill will trigger the development of settlements in the underlaying weak, and compressible stratum. Furthermore, the susceptibility of the loose sand to liquefaction during an earthquake was considered. This paper describes the …
Ground Improvement Methods Recently Practiced To Solve The Geotechnical Engineering Problems In Bangladesh, Muhammad Alamgir, Khaled Hassan Chowdhury
Ground Improvement Methods Recently Practiced To Solve The Geotechnical Engineering Problems In Bangladesh, Muhammad Alamgir, Khaled Hassan Chowdhury
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The field performance of the foundation systems recently practiced in the soft ground of Khulna region to solve the geotechnical engineering problems is described in this paper. The foundation systems adopted to construct the structures in Khulna Medical College, Khulna University, BIT Khulna and a Six-vent regulator on Passur River at Fakirhat are considered for study. In Khulna Medical College project, a shallow foundation system using Geotextilies at the foundation base was employed, while in Khulna University and BIT Khulna, a foundation system using replacing the soft compressible soil layer by compacted sand was used. The soft compressible soil at …
Deep Foundation Construction In Bouldery Bed: An Overview, R. K. Dhiman
Deep Foundation Construction In Bouldery Bed: An Overview, R. K. Dhiman
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Deep foundation has been used for number of bridge piers in various parts of the world. Construction of deep foundation in case of sandy soil strata is a very easy task however to construct deep foundation in case of bouldery bed is really a challenge for bridge engineers. There are number of cases where this type of foundation has used in the form of caisson of different shapes and it has posed a challenge to bridge engineer due to heterogeneous character of the soil strata underneath. Deep foundations in such strata have been completed using pneumatic sinking based on the …
Driven Pile Capacity In Clay And Drilled Shaft Capacity In Rock From Field Load Tests, Yasser A. Hegazy, Andrew G. Cushing, Christopher J. Lewis
Driven Pile Capacity In Clay And Drilled Shaft Capacity In Rock From Field Load Tests, Yasser A. Hegazy, Andrew G. Cushing, Christopher J. Lewis
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
In this study, two case histories of deep foundations are discussed, including driven piles and drilled shafts. The first case history is an assessment of driven pile capacity in clay. As part of selecting the deep foundation system, steel pipe, concrete, and timber piles were driven at the site. Static compression and uplift load tests were performed on the concrete and timber piles, while only static compression tests were performed on the steel pipe piles. Measured pile capacities from the static load tests were compared to predicted pile capacities, which were obtained from empirical design methods employing laboratory and in-situ …
Settlements Of Three Buildings Founded On Stratified Soils, Enrico Conte, Giovanni Dente, Antonello Troncone
Settlements Of Three Buildings Founded On Stratified Soils, Enrico Conte, Giovanni Dente, Antonello Troncone
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This paper describes the movements experienced by three residential buildings located in Avellino (South Italy). A common feature of the buildings is the unsymmetrical superstructure that, for lack of construction joints, makes the resultant of the vertical loads on foundation to be highly eccentric. At the end of December 1983, when most of the dead loads had been applied, the buildings exhibited conspicuous settlements, so construction was stopped and the vertical displacement of several points of the foundation was measured during a period of almost one year. The subsoil was investigated by boreholes, CPT and conventional laboratory tests; it consists …
Landslide Monitoring And Remediation – A Case History, Fan Xi, William Broderick, Paul Rizzo, Jeffery Bair
Landslide Monitoring And Remediation – A Case History, Fan Xi, William Broderick, Paul Rizzo, Jeffery Bair
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An ancient landslide is situated in the vicinity of one of the two reservoirs of a pumped storage power project. Ground movements of the landslide accelerated following the construction of the reservoirs about thirty years ago. Though at a relatively low rate of movement, the active landslide jeopardizes the serviceability of transmission lines and roads traveling through the landslide area. The landslide also poses a potential threat to the adjacent reservoir. Based on long-term monitoring and thorough engineering investigations, remedial measures were developed and implemented in an effort to stabilize the active landslide. Different facets of the remediation construction were …
A Fem Seepage Analysis For Upstream Cofferdam Of Xiluodu Hydraulic Power Station, Ga Zhang, Jian-Min Zhang
A Fem Seepage Analysis For Upstream Cofferdam Of Xiluodu Hydraulic Power Station, Ga Zhang, Jian-Min Zhang
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The upstream cofferdam of Xiluodu hydraulic power station project, with height of 72 meters, is designed as the main body of the project. It is characterized by its high retaining water head, short construction period and complex geological conditions. Presented in this paper is a three-dimensional FEM analysis used to investigate the seepage behavior of the upstream cofferdam for two different design schemes. In the analysis, the cracks in cut-off wall which may be caused in construction are also properly considered. Based on 3D seepage model of saturated-unsaturated flow for non-uniform soils, a fixed-mesh FEM is used in the seepage …
Rock Mass Evaluation Of The Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) Dam And Underground Powerhouse, India, Indra Prakash, Nikhil Desai
Rock Mass Evaluation Of The Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) Dam And Underground Powerhouse, India, Indra Prakash, Nikhil Desai
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical evaluation of the 163 m high concrete gravity Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) dam, under construction, and 1200 MW underground powerhouse (210m x 23m x 57.5m) and its ancillary structures has been done. The dam and powerhouse sites are occupied by basalt flows underlain by infra-trappean sedimentary rocks (Bagh beds) intruded by basic dykes. The area is structurally complex and seismically active. Intra-formational shears and sub-horizontal to low dipping weak layers like red bole, tuff, argillaceous sandstone having low values of shear parameters posed the problem of sliding stability of dam blocks. Concrete shear keys were provided as one of the …
Cherry Island. Assessing The Behavior Of A Large Landfill Using Geotechnical Instrumentation, Darrell Wilder, Allen Cadden, Jesús Gómez, Anne M. Germain
Cherry Island. Assessing The Behavior Of A Large Landfill Using Geotechnical Instrumentation, Darrell Wilder, Allen Cadden, Jesús Gómez, Anne M. Germain
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The 513-acre Cherry Island Landfill is located at the junction of the Delaware and Christina Rivers near Wilmington, Delaware. Today the landfill receives approximately 1,850 tons of waste per day. The landfill was constructed directly on soft dredge materials and river deposits which act as a natural liner. Due to the unique geotechnical characteristics at the site, potentially large deformation and slope stability were concerns during the planning and development of the landfill due to the expected high rates of waste placement. Slope stability and finite difference analysis were performed to develop adequate filling plans to cope with the expected …
Shear Strength Of Franciscan Complex Melange As Calculated From Back-Analysis Of A Landslide, Carl Kim, Charles Smell, Edmund Medley
Shear Strength Of Franciscan Complex Melange As Calculated From Back-Analysis Of A Landslide, Carl Kim, Charles Smell, Edmund Medley
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
A methodology was developed to evaluate causation of a complex landslide that occurred in Franciscan Complex melange during the winter of 1996-1997 in San Mateo County, California. Conventional back-analysis methods to evaluate shear strength parameters were insufficient because the basal failure plane traversed three materials (fill, block-poor melange, and block-rich melange). Instead, using field observations of landslide kinematics, review of available subsurface data, and previous experience with Franciscan melange, a methodology was developed that incorporates the location of critical failure surfaces generated by random search routines in PCSTABL5M as an additional constraint. The methodology was employed to evaluate the relative …
Investigation And Control Of Narayanbagar Landslide, District Chamoli, Uttaranchal, India – A Case Study, Pankaj Gupta, Deepak Mukherjee, P. K. Sikdar, Kishor Kumar
Investigation And Control Of Narayanbagar Landslide, District Chamoli, Uttaranchal, India – A Case Study, Pankaj Gupta, Deepak Mukherjee, P. K. Sikdar, Kishor Kumar
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Incidences of landslide hazards are quite common in the hilly terrain of Himalayas. These landslides not only damage the hill slopes causing enormous loss of slope forming materials but also become responsible for creating frequent disturbances to the moving traffics on hill roads and consequent adverse socio-economic impacts to the communities. As road communication system is the only lifeline for the people residing in the hilly terrain of Himalayas, detailed scientific study of landslide-affected area is , therefore, very much essential to overcome all sorts of geo-environmental and socio-economic problems created by the landslide. Numbers of landslides have already occurred …
Anchoring Of Little Quinnesec Falls Hydroelectric Dam, Aniruddha Sengupta
Anchoring Of Little Quinnesec Falls Hydroelectric Dam, Aniruddha Sengupta
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The Little Quinnesec Falls Hydroelectric Dam is located on Menominee River in Niagara, Wisconsin. It is owned and operated by Consolidated Papers, Inc. (Niagara Division). The dam generates about 10,200 kW of hydroelectric power. Under FERC re-licensing program extensive field investigations were performed. The field investigations involved coring through the gravity section of the dam and foundation rock, taking video of the boreholes using borehole camera and installing piezometers to monitor uplift pressure under the dam. The boreholes were between 8-m and 16-m in length. The interface between concrete dam and bedrock was found to be at a depth of …
Thissavros Hydropower Plant Managing Geotechnical Problems In The Construction, K. Anastassopoulos, E. Hoek, V. Milligan, W. Riemer
Thissavros Hydropower Plant Managing Geotechnical Problems In The Construction, K. Anastassopoulos, E. Hoek, V. Milligan, W. Riemer
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The Thissavros hydropower and pumped storage project on the Nestos river in northern Greece involved construction of a 172 m high rockfill dam and an underground power house with 300 MW installed capacity. Bedrock at the site consists of gneiss with complex geological structure and complicated hydrogeological conditions. On the right abutment, the dam partially rests on a large landslide and the toe of another large landslide extends into the plunge pool from the left bank. Initial excavations activated the dormant slides. Unloading, buttressing and drainage successfully stabilized the landslides. Core material for the dam is a silty sand and …
Expreriment Of Seismic Failure Of A Long Embankment, Seiji Kano, Yasushi Sasaki, Yoshiya Hata
Expreriment Of Seismic Failure Of A Long Embankment, Seiji Kano, Yasushi Sasaki, Yoshiya Hata
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Seismic damage to long structures such as river dikes, fill-type dams, and road embankments has been sometimes found to take place at locally limited spot. Local failures of a long embankment during an earthquake are mainly due to heterogeneous ground condition. However there are some cases that local failures were took place even though the ground condition was homogeneous. One of the factors causing local failures under such conditions may be the three dimensional response of the embankment. In this paper, the typical failure of the Kushiro River dike is reported. This paper aims to clarify the influence of three-dimensional …
Shear Strength Characteristics Of Heavily Glaciated Soils Of Chugach Range, Sukhmander Singh
Shear Strength Characteristics Of Heavily Glaciated Soils Of Chugach Range, Sukhmander Singh
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As a part of the evaluation of the stability of cut slope of 55% grade, during the construction of Trans-Alaska pipeline, it was realized that the estimation of the strength characteristics of the glaciated till forming the slopes is vital to the analysis and the design of these slopes. Accordingly undisturbed samples were hand carved from block samples and were tested fro shear strength. An usually high effective angles of friction, 45° - 48° (Singh, 1976) were obtained. However, these high values of friction were found to be inconsistent with the maximum angle which the cut slopes can withstand. The …
Shear Wave Velocity And Its Effect On Seismic Design Forces And Liquefaction Assessment, Thomas G. Thomann, Khaled Chowdhury
Shear Wave Velocity And Its Effect On Seismic Design Forces And Liquefaction Assessment, Thomas G. Thomann, Khaled Chowdhury
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The shear wave velocity of soil and rock is one of the key components in establishing the design esponse spectra, and therefore the seismic design forces, for a building, bridge, or other structure. The shear wave velocity can be measured from in-situ field tests, such as cross-hole or downhole testing. The shear wave velocity can also be estimated based on empirical correlations with other field collected information. This paper presents case histories from 8 bridge projects performed in the northeastern United States where in-situ measurements of shear wave velocities were performed for site-specific ground motion studies. A comparison of these …
Induced Seismic Impacts Observed In Coastal Area Of Albania: Case Studies, Siasi Kociu
Induced Seismic Impacts Observed In Coastal Area Of Albania: Case Studies, Siasi Kociu
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The Adriatic coastal area of Albania, as one of the most seismic areas of Albania, where the most of the population of the country is concentrated, is characterized by flat topographic conditions with many sandy beaches and lagoons, filled by recent Quaternary sediments of thickness from 100-150 m, down to bedrocks with shallow underground water level. During recent earthquakes many liquefaction phenomena of interest were observed in this area. The liquefaction phenomena during the great earthquake of April 15, 1979(Ms=6.9, Io=IX degrees) were detected and studied personally by the author and presented in this paper. Based on those data and …
Back Analysis Of The Liquefaction Failure At King Harbor Redondo Beach, California, Constantine A. Stamatopoulos, Stavros G. Aneroussis
Back Analysis Of The Liquefaction Failure At King Harbor Redondo Beach, California, Constantine A. Stamatopoulos, Stavros G. Aneroussis
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During recent earthquakes small dams and embankments suffered large settlements as a result of earthquake-induced liquefaction. One such case is the mole embankment that settled about 1.2m and was displaced horizontally by about 2m at King Harbor Redondo Beach, California as a result of the Northridge earthquake of 1994 (Kerwin and Stone, 1997). The conventional sliding-block model has shortcomings in back-estimating the critical acceleration and corresponding strength of such earthquake-induced slides when seismic displacement is large. The reason is that the change on geometry of the sliding mass, that greatly affects the seismic displacement, is not modeled. Stamatopoulos et al …
The Role Of Geotechnical Factors In Northridge Earthquake Residential Damage, Neven Matasovic, Jack Caldwell, Paul Guptill
The Role Of Geotechnical Factors In Northridge Earthquake Residential Damage, Neven Matasovic, Jack Caldwell, Paul Guptill
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
On three projects, one a class action law suit and two involving readjustment of insurance claims, we evaluated the impact of the 1994 Mw 6.7 Northridge, California earthquake on over 1,600 residential properties. For each of the properties, we reviewed previous reports on the condition of the site immediately after the earthquake, undertook a site visit to observe current conditions, undertook site-specific geotechnical investigations, as appropriate, and documented our findings on the impact of long-term and earthquakerelated geotechnical factors on property damage. We have identified the following significant geotechnical factors that contribute to residential earthquake damage: (a) hillside sites; (b) …
A Landslide In Glacial Soils Of New Jersey, James Talerico, John R. Schuring, Raj P. Khera
A Landslide In Glacial Soils Of New Jersey, James Talerico, John R. Schuring, Raj P. Khera
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On August 13, 2000, a massive landslide occurred in Northern New Jersey following an extreme rainfall event during which at least 381mm (15 in) of precipitation fell during a 4-day period. The composite earth slide-earth flow, with an estimated volume of 22,800 m3 (29,821 yd3) traveled up to 365 m (1200 ft) in a short period. While landslides do occasionally occur along the coastal bluffs of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, slides of this magnitude are uncommon in the glacial soils of the New Jersey Highlands section, where the slide occurred. A geotechnical investigation was undertaken to identify the causative factors …
Seismic Response Analysis Of Historical Towns Rising On Rock Slabs Overlying A Clayey Substratum, G. Lanzo, L. Olivares, F. Silvestri, P. Tommasi
Seismic Response Analysis Of Historical Towns Rising On Rock Slabs Overlying A Clayey Substratum, G. Lanzo, L. Olivares, F. Silvestri, P. Tommasi
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Two case histories are presented which refer to the historical towns of Orvieto and Bisaccia, both located on top of rock buttes overlying a more deformable clayey substratum. The comparison of the two case histories indicates that apparently similar geological conditions do not lead to the same type of seismic response. In fact, the specific physical and dynamic properties of the substratum and the overlying slab can determine different seismic behaviour at the hill top and at the rock-clay interface. In particular, at Bisaccia a deamplification of the seismic motion at the hill top was predicted, as well as the …
Liquefaction Potential Of The Hydrotechnical Dikes Foundation Ground, A. Chirica, A. Olteanu, M. S. Serbulea
Liquefaction Potential Of The Hydrotechnical Dikes Foundation Ground, A. Chirica, A. Olteanu, M. S. Serbulea
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The complex hydrotechnical works achieved upon the lower basin of the Olt river, within the southern part of Romania, imposed the building of several large reservoirs situated within the geo-morphological unit of the above named river flood plane. During the last years, due to the recent earthquakes that affected Romania, the macro-earthquake zoning of the country was changed. In these conditions, the problem of studying the stability of dikes foundation ground from the liquefaction point of view has raised. The paper presents the survey done in site and laboratory tests performed in order to determine most accurately, the natural ground …
Observations Of Site Amplification And Liquefaction In The Jun 23, 2001, Southern Peru Earthquake, Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Joseph Wartman, Pedro C. Repetto, Jennifer L. Williams
Observations Of Site Amplification And Liquefaction In The Jun 23, 2001, Southern Peru Earthquake, Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Joseph Wartman, Pedro C. Repetto, Jennifer L. Williams
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
The Mw 8.4 Southern Peru Earthquake of June 23, 2001 caused extensive damage in a widespread area in southern Peru and northern Chile, including several important population centers. Damage in some of these cities was correlated with local soil conditions and topography, suggesting the influence of local site amplification effects in damage distributions. The earthquake caused numerous instances of other types of geotechnical related ground failures, including liquefaction and lateral spreads in river valleys, seismic compression of highway fills, and slope failures. This work focuses on case histories documenting site amplification and liquefaction in the Southern Peru earthquake. Among …
Behavior Of A Friction-Piled Box Foundation For An Urban Bridge In Mexico City Clay, Manuel J. Mendoza, Miguel P. Romo, Marcos Orozco
Behavior Of A Friction-Piled Box Foundation For An Urban Bridge In Mexico City Clay, Manuel J. Mendoza, Miguel P. Romo, Marcos Orozco
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Severe seismic effects and regional ground subsidence are well recognized conditions that should be considered for the design of foundations in Mexico City. These phenomena are magnified by lacustrine clayey soft deposits with very high compressibility and very low shear strength, which are found at the extensive Lake Zone of the city. To clarify the soil-structure interaction phenomena, a prototype foundation was instrumented, selecting a friction-piled support of an urban bridge located in the Metropolitan area of Mexico City. Soil-raft contact pressures, loads on selected piles, and pore water pressures in the subsoil below the foundation have been monitored continuously, …
Case Histories Of Soil Behaviour And Investigations For Seismically Distressed Earthen Dams Of Kachchh Region In Gujarat, India, V. S. Brahmabhatt, V. M. Yagnik, M. N. Dave, P. A. Santwaani
Case Histories Of Soil Behaviour And Investigations For Seismically Distressed Earthen Dams Of Kachchh Region In Gujarat, India, V. S. Brahmabhatt, V. M. Yagnik, M. N. Dave, P. A. Santwaani
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In the morning of January 26, 2001, a devastating earthquake of magnitude Mw 7.7 rocked the Gujarat State of India. The disastrous earthquake claimed thousands of human lives besides widespread destruction of the properties including damages to water resources projects of Kachchh region. This worst ever natural calamity of recent time posed challenging and daunting task of restoration and reconstruction works. A committee of experts was constituted by Government of Gujarat with a view to assess the damages occurred to the dams & other appurtenant structures and to recommend restoration and reconstruction works. Consequent to the event, dams of …