Case study of movement and damage to a residential building founded on expansive clays
This paper presents a case study of a residential house damaged by expansive soils. The field investigation revealed that the damage was caused by a combination of sewer pipe leak and stormwater leak. A back-analysis procedure using finite-element analysis is presented that is based the measured slab surface levels. The results of the back-analysis indicated that a stronger footing was required to limit differential deflection and stress level in footing to an acceptable level.
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Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and rehabilitationEditors
Hanlong Liu; An Deng; Jian ChuName of conference
2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMAR08)Publisher
Science PressPlace published
BeijingStart date
2008-05-30End date
2008-06-02Language
EnglishFormer Identifier
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AccidentsBack-analysisClay mineralsDeflection and stressExpansive claysExpansive soilsField investigationsFinite-element analysisGeotechnical engineeringLeakage (fluid)Patient rehabilitationReconstruction (structural)Residential buildingsResidential houseSewer pipesStorm waterscase studyexpansive soilsfinite element analysis
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