Date
07 May 1984, 11:30 am - 6:00 pm
Abstract
A one floor building was founded on a deposit of normally consolidated soft clay. It was constructed to annex an existing three storey high building founded on piles. After construction, tilting and settlements of the Annexe were detected relative to the existing building. Recorded absolute and differential settlements, monitored over a period of five years, were considerably high. It is shown here that this could be caused by the combined effect of high compressibility, confinement of clay layers and variations in pressure distribution below foundations.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 University of Missouri--Rolla, 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
El-Sohby, Mohamed A. and Mazen, Ossama, "Settlement of a One Floor Building on Soft Clay Beside a Heavy Building" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 50.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/1icchge/1icchge-theme1/50
Settlement of a One Floor Building on Soft Clay Beside a Heavy Building
A one floor building was founded on a deposit of normally consolidated soft clay. It was constructed to annex an existing three storey high building founded on piles. After construction, tilting and settlements of the Annexe were detected relative to the existing building. Recorded absolute and differential settlements, monitored over a period of five years, were considerably high. It is shown here that this could be caused by the combined effect of high compressibility, confinement of clay layers and variations in pressure distribution below foundations.
