What Is Structural Settlement?

Causes For Structural Settlement?

1. Static loads such as those imposed by the weight of a structure or an embankment.
2. Moving loads such as heavy traffic vehicles are transmitted through a road or airfield pavement.
3. Changes in moisture content, which may arise from natural causes such as seasonal fluctuation in the water table or the abstraction of water by roots of large trees. Nearby excavation, pile driving, pumping or drainage may also have an important effect in Structural Settlement of the foundation.
4. Undermining due to mining operations, tunneling, or underground erosion.

What Is Soil Settlement?

What Is Foundation Structural Settlement?

Differential foundation settlement

Types of Foundation Structural Settlement

1.Immediate Structural Settlement:

2. Structural Settlement due to consolidation:

Methods of Predicting Structural Settlement

1. For the immediate Structural Settlement of structures:

2. For long-term consolidation Structural Settlement:

Structural Settlement

Soil Settlement

Foundation Settlement

Foundation Structure

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