Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Abstract
Experience gained during several decades shows that the loess soil in some cases undergoes structural collapse and subsidence due to inundation and that in some other cases the sensitivity of loess to the collapse is considerably less pronounced. In this paper the behaviour of three 12 story buildings A, B and C, of the same static system and the identical shapes have been analyzed. The measurement of settlements of building A over a period of 10 years indicate that the values were situated between the limits 9 cm to 13 cm, and that they are larger than the calculated values, but there was no damage reported in this case. However, the measured settlements of building B over the same period of time were considerably larger, reaching 46 to 51 cm, causing severe damages of the building. In order to find the explanation for such behaviour of loess subsoil, the additional field and laboratory testing of loess have been carried out. Some of the obtained results are presented in this paper.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Milović, Dušan and Djogo, Mitar, "Differential Settlement of Foundations on Loess" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 10.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session02/10
Differential Settlement of Foundations on Loess
Chicago, Illinois
Experience gained during several decades shows that the loess soil in some cases undergoes structural collapse and subsidence due to inundation and that in some other cases the sensitivity of loess to the collapse is considerably less pronounced. In this paper the behaviour of three 12 story buildings A, B and C, of the same static system and the identical shapes have been analyzed. The measurement of settlements of building A over a period of 10 years indicate that the values were situated between the limits 9 cm to 13 cm, and that they are larger than the calculated values, but there was no damage reported in this case. However, the measured settlements of building B over the same period of time were considerably larger, reaching 46 to 51 cm, causing severe damages of the building. In order to find the explanation for such behaviour of loess subsoil, the additional field and laboratory testing of loess have been carried out. Some of the obtained results are presented in this paper.
