Numerical analysis on the new type foundation which mitigates the differential settlement of structures on soft ground in coastal areas

Author

Mizutani, T. ; Kikuchi, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geotechnical & Struct. Eng., Port & Airport Res. Inst., Kanagawa

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

9-12 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

2066

Abstract

A new type of foundation, which could reduce the differential settlement of structures, was proposed. One of the features of the new foundation was that the centre of balance was shifted from the centre of the foundation to the side at which soft soil strata lie thinner. Another point of the proposed foundation was the short end walls attached to the edges of foundation. A series of three-dimensional numerical analyses had been conducted to study about the behaviour of the new foundation. The results of the analyses revealed that the proposed foundation could reduce the differential settlement of structures

Keywords

construction; numerical analysis; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; soil; structural engineering; 3D numerical analysis; coastal areas; differential structures settlement; soft ground; soft soil strata; Airports; Finite element methods; Numerical analysis; Numerical stability; Sea measurements; Soil; Stability analysis; Structural engineering; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '04. MTTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04

Conference_Location

Kobe

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8669-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2004.1406461

Filename

1406461