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Limit state design for strengthening foundations of historic buildings using pretested drilled spiral piles with special reference to St. John’s Church in Tartu
Abstract This thesis discusses strengthening foundations of historic buildings by means of pretested, end-jacked, steel piles; pretested, end-jacked drilled spiral steel piles, as well as the geotechnical and structural design of strip foundations using ultimate limit state methods. Strengthening the foundations of historic buildings is a field of engineering where every site is more or less different from another. The variation of the substructure, foundation, and soil circumstances make every case unique. Preserving heritage buildings by preventing structural decay requires know-how and suitable strengthening methods. Drilled spiral piles and jacked piles were employed as strengthening methods for St. John’s Church of Tartu, because of the sinking and uneven settlement of the building. The strengthening work at St. John’s Church was challenging due to the risk of collapse of this historic church. Underpinning with jacked piles is a preferred method for strengthening historic foundations and where drilled spiral piles were employed, the author of this thesis developed special equipment. The strengthening method employed for the tower complies with the anastylosis principle by preserving the authenticity of the structures. Old block stones are visible upon the floating piled rafts. The empty space was left to give archaeologists and engineers a chance to study the realized work “in situ” in the future. The foundation of the tower was underpinned step by step with end-jacked piles and a concrete raft poured step by step. The weight of the tower is 5 500 tons and it rests on four pillars. Every pillar rests on its own floating piled raft. This thesis proves that by means of lower and upper bound theorems a floating, piled strip-foundation can be designed geotechnically and structurally using one method based on ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit state (SLS). The method takes the following into account as geotechnical requirements: total settlement and angular distortions; and as structural ...
Limit state design for strengthening foundations of historic buildings using pretested drilled spiral piles with special reference to St. John’s Church in Tartu
Abstract This thesis discusses strengthening foundations of historic buildings by means of pretested, end-jacked, steel piles; pretested, end-jacked drilled spiral steel piles, as well as the geotechnical and structural design of strip foundations using ultimate limit state methods. Strengthening the foundations of historic buildings is a field of engineering where every site is more or less different from another. The variation of the substructure, foundation, and soil circumstances make every case unique. Preserving heritage buildings by preventing structural decay requires know-how and suitable strengthening methods. Drilled spiral piles and jacked piles were employed as strengthening methods for St. John’s Church of Tartu, because of the sinking and uneven settlement of the building. The strengthening work at St. John’s Church was challenging due to the risk of collapse of this historic church. Underpinning with jacked piles is a preferred method for strengthening historic foundations and where drilled spiral piles were employed, the author of this thesis developed special equipment. The strengthening method employed for the tower complies with the anastylosis principle by preserving the authenticity of the structures. Old block stones are visible upon the floating piled rafts. The empty space was left to give archaeologists and engineers a chance to study the realized work “in situ” in the future. The foundation of the tower was underpinned step by step with end-jacked piles and a concrete raft poured step by step. The weight of the tower is 5 500 tons and it rests on four pillars. Every pillar rests on its own floating piled raft. This thesis proves that by means of lower and upper bound theorems a floating, piled strip-foundation can be designed geotechnically and structurally using one method based on ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit state (SLS). The method takes the following into account as geotechnical requirements: total settlement and angular distortions; and as structural ...
Limit state design for strengthening foundations of historic buildings using pretested drilled spiral piles with special reference to St. John’s Church in Tartu
Avellan, K. (Kari) (author) / Kujala, K. (Kauko)
2011-11-05
Theses
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English
anastylosis periaate , pretested drilled spiral piles , soil hardening by preloading piles and by end-jacking , anastylosis principle , maanlujittuminen esikuormituksilla ja loppupuristuksilla , rakenne- ja geotekninen suunnittelu murtorajatilassa , combined structural and geotechnical design in ULS , spiraaliporapaalu
DDC:
720
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