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Base Heave

Base Heave

Base Heave

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I am looking for a good book, or article, that talks about base heave in excavations.  I have seen this somewhere, don't recall where and cannot locate it in any my books (2 at the moment).

I would like to go through the calculations for this.  Haven't had to do this yet, but may need to in the future.

Thanks.

RE: Base Heave

Open excavation or temporarily braced?  Clays or Sands?  Groundwater?

I just finished analyzing a strutted excavation in soft SILT and CLAYs. I used Foundation Design and Construction by MJ Tomlinson.  This book references Bjerrum and Eide.

Hope this helps.

RE: Base Heave

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Quote (Mickney):

Open excavation or temporarily braced?  Clays or Sands?  Groundwater?

I am looking for all potential situations.  Most would be below the water table.

Thanks for the reply, I will look for the book you list.

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