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Long-Term Deformations of Soft Clays: A Case Study
Any material subjected to constant loading will deform in due course of time. The magnitude of time-dependent deformation depends upon the properties of individual materials. Creep is the time-dependent deformation phenomenon experienced in soft soils depending upon their consistency and magnitude of superimposed load. Clayey soils exhibit many rheological properties amongst which creep is one of the most widely observed phenomenon. The creep behaviour of clay has been extensively studied by many researchers and there are several cases on record where the consequences of rheological process of creep of soils have been disastrous for various types of structures constructed over them. In this paper, two case studies based on creep-related rheological phenomenon of soil have been presented, namely The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy and The San Jacinto Monument, Texas, U.S.A. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy is an engineering marvel with the tower being inclined at a degree of 5.5 due to presence of the soft soil under one of the sides of the tower. The San Jacinto Monument was constructed in 1936 comprising of a 176.5 m tower resting on a square mat of 37.8 m. The settlement of the structure as recorded after 70 years was 0.329 m. Subsequently, the settlement behaviour of a typical foundation of Kolkata High court building constructed in the nineteenth century has been discussed in an attempt to highlight the effect of time-dependent deformation of typical soft clay deposit in Kolkata.
Long-Term Deformations of Soft Clays: A Case Study
Any material subjected to constant loading will deform in due course of time. The magnitude of time-dependent deformation depends upon the properties of individual materials. Creep is the time-dependent deformation phenomenon experienced in soft soils depending upon their consistency and magnitude of superimposed load. Clayey soils exhibit many rheological properties amongst which creep is one of the most widely observed phenomenon. The creep behaviour of clay has been extensively studied by many researchers and there are several cases on record where the consequences of rheological process of creep of soils have been disastrous for various types of structures constructed over them. In this paper, two case studies based on creep-related rheological phenomenon of soil have been presented, namely The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy and The San Jacinto Monument, Texas, U.S.A. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy is an engineering marvel with the tower being inclined at a degree of 5.5 due to presence of the soft soil under one of the sides of the tower. The San Jacinto Monument was constructed in 1936 comprising of a 176.5 m tower resting on a square mat of 37.8 m. The settlement of the structure as recorded after 70 years was 0.329 m. Subsequently, the settlement behaviour of a typical foundation of Kolkata High court building constructed in the nineteenth century has been discussed in an attempt to highlight the effect of time-dependent deformation of typical soft clay deposit in Kolkata.
Long-Term Deformations of Soft Clays: A Case Study
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Dey, Ashim Kanti (Herausgeber:in) / Mandal, Jagat Jyoti (Herausgeber:in) / Manna, Bappaditya (Herausgeber:in) / Chowdhury, Atriya (Autor:in)
Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference ; 2019 ; Silchar, India
Proceedings of the 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference ; Kapitel: 43 ; 413-423
17.03.2022
11 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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