What is Dewatering of Soil? Objectives and Techniques of Dewatering
In general, dewatering means modification of ground by redirecting seepages, lowering the ground water table…
Month: January 2020
What is the Mechanism of Drying Shrinkage of Concrete?
When water is withdrawn from concrete mass stored in the unsaturated air, drying shrinkage is…
Construction Sequence of Raft or Mat Foundation
Site selection, geotechnical investigation and structural analysis and proportioning of raft or mat foundation are…
What is Heaved Pile in Pile Foundation Construction?
Have you heard piles are sometimes heaved? Is this not strange that pile can lift…
Buckling of Piles in Foundation on Liquefiable Soils
In the last post we have discussed about assumption about piles as free standing columns….
What is Response Spectrum in Earthquake Analysis?
We know earthquake forces shake building foundation back-forth which is finally resisted by inertia forces…
Earthquake Damage on Water Tanks
Sometimes large volume of water is required to store to meet the municipal demand or…
What is Pounding? Structural and Foundation Issues of Pounding
What is pounding? Collision of adjacent buildings during earthquake is generally called pounding. This is…
Why is Workability Required in Fresh Concrete?
When a concrete mix is readily compactable, it is said to be workable mix. Workability…
What is Pumpability of Ready Mix Concrete?
Now-a-days very often concrete not produced in-site and very frequently they are transported by any…