A Parametric Study of Braced Excavation Considering the Effect of Adjacent Structures and Foundations Types
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Abstract
In recent times, braced excavation is predominantly utilized for construction of underground facilities in all soil types owing to its simple construction technique, cost-effectivity and minimization of the excavation area.The stability of a braced excavation and nearby ground surface is influenced by the soil behaviour, the properties of the retaining and supporting structures, and the construction sequence.A number of research works have been carried out in the past and are still ongoing to evaluate the effect of excavation component properties on braced excavation but very few of them emphasized on the effect of nearby structures and type of foundation on braced excavation.The current study explores a numerical model of braced excavation under a 20 storied building having a double basement to obtain optimum design parameters for the braced excavation after investigating the influence of nearby structures and type of foundation on braced excavation by varying length and thickness of diaphragm wall and strut stiffness.The numerical modeling is done using Finite Element integrated PLAXIS 2D software.This parametric study aims to provide practical approach/guidelines to designing excavations by analyzing and comparing calculated data by monitoring general trends and comparative study of the obtained data.Moreover, the results obtained from this study is compared with a similar case study to validate the model.In this study, the impact of the adjacent structure and the type of foundation is obvious.In general, the pile foundation resists wall displacement better in response to both the presence and absence of surrounding structures.But findings from this study shows that Piled-raft or Mat foundation with 10m Diaphragm wall length and 0.39m thickness with strut stiffness of 10X10 5 kN/m 2 is the most optimized design for braced excavation in terms of cost-effectivity and practical implementation.
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| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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