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Cracks in Structures Due to
Foundation Settlement
Krikar Muhammad Gharrib
Outline Introduction
Foundation settlement
How foundation settlement can affect structures
Monitoring and improvement
Conclusion
Introduction
What is crack?
Foundation Settlement
Foundation
Settlement
(Geoconsult 2012)
How Foundation Settlement can affect structures
Uniform Settlement
(Stephenson, R. W. 2001)
How Foundation Settlement can affect structures
Differential Settlement
(Geoconsult 2012)
(Stephenson, R. W. 2001:2.79)
(Stephenson, R. W. 2001)
Monitoring and improvement
Foundation movement monitoring
Measuring changes in crack width
(Ladyada 2012)
Measuring changes in the
inclination of the building
Monitoring and improvement
Site soil improvement
Grouting
(University of Washington 2012)
Conclusion
Damaging buildings
Foundation monitoring
Site soil need to be improved
References Dickinson, P. R., Thornton, N. (2004) Cracking and
Building Movement. Coventry: RICS Business Services Limited
Charles, J. A. (2005) Geotechnics for Building Professionals. Watford: BRE Bookshop
Barnes, G. E. (2000) Soil Mechanics: Principles and Practice. London: MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Ladyada (2012) Caliper tutorial [online] available from <http://www.ladyada.net/learn/calipers/ > [01 June 2012]
Ladyada (2012) Calliper tutorial [online] available from <http://www.ladyada.net
/learn/calipers/ > [01 June 2012
Geoconsult (2012)Geotechnical consultants [online]available from <http: //www .geoconsult.co.nz/
Stephenson, R. W. (2001) ‘Shallow Foundations’. In Practical foundation engineering handbook. ed. by Brown R. W. New York: McGraw-Hill
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