SETTLEMENT DUE TO DIAPHRAGM WALL CONSTRUCTION IN RECLAIMED LAND IN HONG KONG
For more than 2 decades, diaphragm walling has been commonly used in the construction of deep excavations in Hong Kong. Diaphragm walls were particularly appropriate to the Mass Transit Railway construction in over-crowded urban Hong Kong, limiting adverse effects on surrounding buildings and allowing top-down construction methods, thus reducing programming time. Settlement was predicted for structures on deep pile foundations, adjacent to deep excavations, and the actual settlement was monitored by conventional surveying techniques. Results show that settlement due to diaphragm walling is generally substantial and that preconstruction activities such as ground treatment, drilling, and preboring for wall panels, must be taken into account in any settlement predictions.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Thorley, CBB
- Forth, R A
- Publication Date: 2002-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 473-478
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Serial:
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Volume: 128
- Issue Number: 6
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 1090-0241
- Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Diaphragm walls; Excavation and tunneling; Foundation engineering; Geotechnical engineering; Material reinforcement; Settlement (Structures); Soil mechanics; Soil structure interaction; Structural engineering; Structural supports; Support piles; Underground construction; Underground structures
- Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China)
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I42: Soil Mechanics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00925081
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 30 2002 12:00AM