THE ENGINEERING OF FOUNDATIONS A BOOK BY RODRIGO SALGADO POWERPOINT RESOURCES FOR CHAPTER 9 Contains copyrighted material
TYPES OF SETTLEMENT
Sands x Clays Sands: Clays: Du=0 Du>0 Large hydraulic conductivity negligible Sands: Large hydraulic conductivity Excess pore pressure Du dissipates fast Settlement due to both distortion and compression (volumetric) of the soil mass Clays: Settlement due to distortion only (no volume change) Settlement due to consolidation (volume change) and creep Du>0 Small hydraulic conductivity Excess pore pressure generation Long-term settlement occurs as result of the dissipation of the excess pore pressures generated by the load application
INFLUENCE OF FOUNDATION STIFFNESS
SETTLEMENT EQUATIONS FROM ELASTICITY THEORY
SETTLEMENT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ON SAND
CPT-based method Schmertmann (1970)
CPT-based method Schmertmann (1970)
CPT-based method Schmertmann (1970) For zf < zfp For zfp ≤ zf ≤ zf0
CPT-based method Schmertmann (1970) Layer i 1 2 3 ………..
SETTLEMENT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ON CLAY