Land subsidence and pore structure of soils caused by the high-rise building group through centrifuge model test

Engineering Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 44-52

  Cui, Zhen Dong ^a,b   Tang, Yi Qun ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modeling; Fractal dimension; High rise building group; Land subsidence; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Specific subsidence

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGE MODEL TEST; CENTRIFUGE MODELING; CLAYEY SOILS; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS; FRACTAL THEORY; HIGH RISE BUILDING; INK-BOTTLE EFFECT; LAND SUBSIDENCE; MACROPORES; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY TESTS; PORE DISTRIBUTION; SILTY CLAY; SILTY SANDS; SOFT SOIL AREA; SOIL LAYER; URBAN AREAS;

CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MERCURY (METAL); PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PORE STRUCTURE; SOILS; SUBSIDENCE; TALL BUILDINGS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MACROPORE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; POROSITY; SILTY CLAY; SOFT SOIL; SUBSIDENCE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77952292905     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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