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Description:: An empirical procedure for fitting a complementary error function (erfc) to settlement and lateral ground movement data in a direction parallel to an excavation support wall is proposed based on extensive optical survey data obtained around a 12.8 m excavation in Chicago. The maximum ground movement and the height and...
Keyword:: Excavation, Clay soils , Ground control , and Performance data
Creator:: Jill Frances Roboski
Owner:: Nurganym Agzamova
Publisher:: Northwestern University Libraries
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 07/12/2017
Date Modified:: 08/14/2017
Date Created:: 2005
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: Several three-dimensional effects were observed in the performance monitoring data collected during excavation for the Ford Engineering Design Center (FEDC) in Evanston, Illinois. These responses are related to lateral deformations of the soil around the excavation walls, forces in the cross-lot and diagonal bracing that supported the temporary wall and...
Keyword:: Excavation, Three-dimensional analysis, Ground control, and Clay soils
Creator:: James Tanner Blackburn and Richard J. Finno
Owner:: Nurganym Agzamova
Publisher:: Northwestern University Libraries
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 07/12/2017
Date Modified:: 08/14/2017
Date Created:: 2006
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: This paper presents the results of 159 finite element simulations conducted to define the effects of excavation geometry, i.e., length, width and depth of excavation, wall system stiffness, and factor of safety against basal heave on the 3-dimensional ground movements caused by excavation through clays. The results of the analyses...
Keyword:: Excavation, Three-dimensional analysis, and Nondestructive testing
Creator:: Jill Frances Roboski, James Tanner Blackburn, and Richard J. Finno
Owner:: Nurganym Agzamova
Publisher:: Northwestern University Libraries
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 07/12/2017
Date Modified:: 08/14/2017
Date Created:: 2006
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: Successful use of monitoring data to update performance predictions of supported excavations depends equally on reasonable numerical simulations of performance, the type of monitoring data used as observations, and the inverse analysis techniques used to minimize the difference between predictions and observed performance. This paper summarizes each of these factors...
Keyword:: Excavation, Nondestructive testing , and Ground control
Creator:: Richard J. Finno
Owner:: Nurganym Agzamova
Publisher:: Northwestern University Libraries
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 07/12/2017
Date Modified:: 08/14/2017
Date Created:: 2007
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: Performance monitoring of deep excavations typically includes slope inclinometers, optical surveying of soil deformation, tiltmeters and strain gages. Current monitoring data collection and processing requires time consuming site visits and manual data reduction by project engineers. Development of robotic and remote access geotechnical instrumentation conceptually allows processed data to be...
Keyword:: Excavation, Ground control, and Nondestructive testing
Creator:: Miltiadis Langousis
Owner:: Nurganym Agzamova
Publisher:: Northwestern University Libraries
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 07/12/2017
Date Modified:: 08/14/2017
Date Created:: 2007-03
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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