Date
03 Jun 1988, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Abstract
An overhead tank of 200 KL capacity and 9 m staging was constructed in year 1975 at the ancient historical site at Parikshatgarh, Meerut, India. The depth of foundation is 1.6 m and inner and outer diameters of annular raft is 6.8 m and 10.3 respectively. In year 1978, the overhead tank was observed to be tilted. Detailed geotechnical studies have been conducted in 1987 to find out the causes of tilting of the tank and tilts have been measured every month for last one year. It is interesting to note that in spite of severe tilt of 4.3 cm/meter height the overhead tank has been functioning satisfactorily for last 12 years. A comparison of estimated, permissible and observed total and differential settlements has been made.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1988 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
Nayak, G. C.; Singh, B.; and Jain, P. K., "Geotechnical Studies of Foundation of a Tilted Tank at Parikshatgarh, India" (1988). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 23.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/2icchge/icchge-session5/23
Geotechnical Studies of Foundation of a Tilted Tank at Parikshatgarh, India
An overhead tank of 200 KL capacity and 9 m staging was constructed in year 1975 at the ancient historical site at Parikshatgarh, Meerut, India. The depth of foundation is 1.6 m and inner and outer diameters of annular raft is 6.8 m and 10.3 respectively. In year 1978, the overhead tank was observed to be tilted. Detailed geotechnical studies have been conducted in 1987 to find out the causes of tilting of the tank and tilts have been measured every month for last one year. It is interesting to note that in spite of severe tilt of 4.3 cm/meter height the overhead tank has been functioning satisfactorily for last 12 years. A comparison of estimated, permissible and observed total and differential settlements has been made.
