Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
28 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Abstract
This paper presents some experience gathered during the implementation of soil improvement in founding of a residential-business complex located in seismically prone area. The previously performed field and laboratory geomechanical tests proved that the geotechnical medium of the location was characterized by a high heterogeneity of soil materials with predominant presence of layers of low strength-deformability characteristics. A high underground water level and layers of fine-grained uniform sands susceptible to dynamic instability under seismic effects were observed. Such an unfavorable geotechnical situation of the given location imposed the need of improving of the natural foundation soil. The most favorable and rational solution that could provide safety and stability of structures was the use of gravel drains and well-compacted sub-base gravel layer.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 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
Sesov, Valtko and Talaganov, Kosta, "Relevant Aspects of Applying Soil Improvement Method for Liquefaction Mitigation — Case Study" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 10.
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Relevant Aspects of Applying Soil Improvement Method for Liquefaction Mitigation — Case Study
San Diego, California
This paper presents some experience gathered during the implementation of soil improvement in founding of a residential-business complex located in seismically prone area. The previously performed field and laboratory geomechanical tests proved that the geotechnical medium of the location was characterized by a high heterogeneity of soil materials with predominant presence of layers of low strength-deformability characteristics. A high underground water level and layers of fine-grained uniform sands susceptible to dynamic instability under seismic effects were observed. Such an unfavorable geotechnical situation of the given location imposed the need of improving of the natural foundation soil. The most favorable and rational solution that could provide safety and stability of structures was the use of gravel drains and well-compacted sub-base gravel layer.
