This article presents the geotechnical parameters from a laboratory investigation of a Quaternary sedimentary deposit located in a low-lying area of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil, and, when possible, compares these parameters with those from field tests and other Brazilian studies on soft soils. The deposit is described in terms of its g...
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View ArticleAnalyses of load settlement behavior for pile groups must consider the interaction of nearby piles. In small pile groups, the key factor for evaluating load-settlement behavior is single-pile stiffness, but when analyzing large pile groups and piled rafts, the importance of induced settlements due to neighboring piles increases. This paper reviews the m...
View ArticleThis article analyses the effect of the excavation level on the settlement results from a standard analysis of a piled raft system. For that, a published case history that involved a house located in Gothenburg, Sweden by Hansbo (1993) was examined. This structure was founded over a soft, highly plastic marine clay of varying thickness, where the founda...
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