Adverse Effects of Soil Grouting on Sandy Soils

Abstract:

Uncontrolled growing of construction industry in Turkey has caused a large number of buildings were constructed without the benefit of sufficient engineering supervision. These phenomena have contributed to the increase in the number of seismically weak buildings. After the Great Marmara Earthquake seismic performances of the existing structures have been inspected and some of them fortified. In this context, an existing building foundation, built on a problematic soil and located in Denizli where is in high seismic risk area, has been strengthened by cement injection. Grouting holes up to 7 m in depth from the basement level were used in 45 points. The injection has created a less permeable barrier, acts like an underground dam. This barrier has caused rising of the underground water table around the recharge area of the foundation. The raised underground water has increased hydraulic gradient and hydraulic pressure. Then, the basement floor has arched up to 12 cm and underground water has risen up to 30 cm high after one year of the injection practice. In this study, hydrogeological characteristics of the soil structural analysis have been evaluated and some solutions suggested remedying the problem. It should be kept in mind as injection practice is employed in aquifers.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 802)
• Pages: 3-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.802.3
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Erdal Akyol*, Suat Tasdelen, Ali Aydin
• Keywords: Hydrogeology, Injection, Soil Strengthening, Structure Failure

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