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Based on actual observations on buildings Bjerrurn (1963) has provided some relationships between total and differential settlement for sands and clay. These are shown in Figs.1 and 2 for sands and clays respectively. It is revealed from the graphs that, in granular soils, the minimum differential settlement can be equal to the maximum permissible settlement. While in clays the differential settlement is much less than the maximum permissible settlement. In sands, the maximum differential settlement seldom exceeds 3/4 of the total settlement, while in clays it seldom exceeds 1/2 of…

Settlement is the vertical displacement from its original level of placement. Settlement has got several implications on a foundation. The implications include: Appearance of structures Utility of structures Damage to the structures Appearance of structures | Settlement of Foundation Settlement affects the appearance of structures. If a structure settles excessively, its aesthetic is impaired. It causes doors and windows to distort, walls and plasters to crack and the structure to tilt. Utility of Structures | Settlement of Foundation Settlement interfere the utility of structures in many ways. If settlement is excessive overhead…

Teng’s method – Teng (1962) based on the work of Terzaghi and Peck gave a relationship for allowable bearing capacity for a given permissible settlement. The equation is: qns = 35(N-3){(B+0.3)/2B}2RWRd   ———- (1) Where, qns = Net safe bearing pressure, kN/m2 N = SPT value corrected for overburden pressure RW = Water table correction factor Rd = Depth correction factor = 1 + 0.2Df/B ≤1.2 The above equation can also written in general form as: qns = 1.4(N-3){(B+0.3)/2B}RwRdS   ———- (2) Where, S = Permissible settlement in mm. Meyerhof’s…

Peck, Hanson and Thornburn (1974) | Modification of Teraghi and Peak Correlation by Peak, Hanson and Thornburn Peck, Hanson and Thornburn (1974) have modified the original Terzaghi and Peck (1948) recommendations and presented charts as shown in Fig.1 to obtain allowable bearing pressure to give a settlement of 25 mm for a footing of known width, B with its base at a depth, Df resting on a granular deposit in which N (corrected SPT) values are measured. Procedure | Modification of Teraghi and Peak Correlation by Peak, Hanson and Thornburn N (corrected…

Terzaghi and Peck (1948) were the first to propose a correlation between the N (corrected SPT) Value and allowed pressure, by presenting a relationship between the size of a footing, the N (corrected SPT) value, and the applied pressure to give a settlement of 25 mm for a deep ground water table, This correlation is shown in Fig.1 below. Procedure: N should not be corrected with respect to overburden. N should be averaged from the given values. The graph has been developed with the condition that the water table is…