Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
By drilling large diameter holes in foundation soil and digging out soils to release (or redistribute) lateral stress in subsoil so as to create new settlement, a new method, which is called stress redistribution method, has been developed for correcting inclined building on soft foundation soil. Using this method, tens buildings with inclination up to 1-2% have been corrected and resumed their normal function in Wuhan, China. Some typical case histories are selected to illustrate the sensitive, controllable, and reliable characteristics of this method. The technical problems encountered in correcting process, such as the induced settlement, its influence on neighbour building, the digging scheme adopted, etc., are analysed. Two operating procedure have been summarized based on the practice of correcting. Lastly, the possibility of correcting the inclination of the tower of Pisa is discussed.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 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
Hou, Shi-Tao; Ding, Xiao-Xue; and Bai, Zai-Cheng, "Engineering Illustrations of Correcting Building Inclination by Stress Redistribution Method" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 23.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session01/23
Engineering Illustrations of Correcting Building Inclination by Stress Redistribution Method
St. Louis, Missouri
By drilling large diameter holes in foundation soil and digging out soils to release (or redistribute) lateral stress in subsoil so as to create new settlement, a new method, which is called stress redistribution method, has been developed for correcting inclined building on soft foundation soil. Using this method, tens buildings with inclination up to 1-2% have been corrected and resumed their normal function in Wuhan, China. Some typical case histories are selected to illustrate the sensitive, controllable, and reliable characteristics of this method. The technical problems encountered in correcting process, such as the induced settlement, its influence on neighbour building, the digging scheme adopted, etc., are analysed. Two operating procedure have been summarized based on the practice of correcting. Lastly, the possibility of correcting the inclination of the tower of Pisa is discussed.
