Condition Monitoring of Urban Infrastructure: Effects of Ground Movement on Adjacent Structures

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Hypoplastic Constitutive Law Adapted to Simulate Excavations in Chicago Glacial Clays
• Creators:
  Finno, Richard ; Sarabia, Fernando
• Corporate Creators:
  Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Infrastructure Technology Institute ; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Clay soils
  • Clay
  • Finite element method
  • Structural analysis
  • Simulation
  • Mathematical models
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Ground settlement
• Resource Type:
  Dissertation
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Infrastructure Technology Institute
• Abstract:
  Economic considerations drive the more effective use of space in urban areas, promoting the construction of taller buildings with deeper basement structures. The crowded nature of urban environments imposes strict restrictions to the tolerable performance of these new constructions. These restrictions are translated in the need for the development of more precise tools that can be used by engineering practitioners to predict construction induced deformations. Geotechnical finite element simulations are a common technique to estimate construction performance. This methodology can be enhanced by the use of optimization routines to calibrate the constitutive model parameters with existing data.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34151/dot_34151_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 27.11 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7c0c322ea3ab049bb25d2ea5cd8f3e8761c1dfe99fe8299b2e7eebaaaa4c1349