Session 01: Case Histories of Unexpected Behavior and Failure of Shallow, Deep and Other Foundations
Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
13 Aug 2008, 5:15pm - 6:45pm
Abstract
This paper presents a case history on the failure of Suranivet 9, a student dormitory in the campus of Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand. The dormitory encountered excessive differential settlement due to the variation in soil profile. Underpinning to extend the foundations down to stable stratum was employed to strengthen bearing capacity and minimize settlement. The underpinning design and procedure were summarized. In practice, the static formula was used for the preliminary micro-pile design (selection of pile section and length for different loads and soil profiles). The undrained shear strength (Su) of SUT silty clay was approximated using standard penetration number (N). The finite element method was employed to predict the load-settlement curve of the micro-pile. The underpinning procedure introduced in this paper can possibly be applied for other distressed buildings on very stiff to hard clays.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Horpibulsuk, Suksun; Kumpala, Apichit; Katkan, Wanchai; and Rachan, Runglawan, "Underpinning for a Distressed Building in Northest Thailand" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 39.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session_01/39
Underpinning for a Distressed Building in Northest Thailand
Arlington, Virginia
This paper presents a case history on the failure of Suranivet 9, a student dormitory in the campus of Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand. The dormitory encountered excessive differential settlement due to the variation in soil profile. Underpinning to extend the foundations down to stable stratum was employed to strengthen bearing capacity and minimize settlement. The underpinning design and procedure were summarized. In practice, the static formula was used for the preliminary micro-pile design (selection of pile section and length for different loads and soil profiles). The undrained shear strength (Su) of SUT silty clay was approximated using standard penetration number (N). The finite element method was employed to predict the load-settlement curve of the micro-pile. The underpinning procedure introduced in this paper can possibly be applied for other distressed buildings on very stiff to hard clays.
