Prediction of Ground Movements and Impacts on Adjacent Buildings Due to Inclined–Vertical Framed Retaining Wall-Retained Excavations

Zheng, Gang; Guo, Zhiyi; Guo, Qianhui; Tian, Shuai; Zhou, Haizuo

doi:10.3390/app13179485

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Prediction of Ground Movements and Impacts on Adjacent Buildings Due to Inclined–Vertical Framed Retaining Wall-Retained Excavations

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Gang Zheng

^1,2,

Zhiyi Guo

¹,

Qianhui Guo

¹,

Shuai Tian

¹ and

Haizuo Zhou

^1,2,*

¹

School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

²

Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety, Tianjin University, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300072, China

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Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(17), 9485; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179485

Submission received: 11 July 2023 / Revised: 5 August 2023 / Accepted: 10 August 2023 / Published: 22 August 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Construction Technologies in Underground Engineering)

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This article presents a prediction method for the displacement of the soil outside inclined–vertical framed-retaining-wall-retained excavations and evaluates the probability of damage to nearby buildings.

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Inclined–vertical framed retaining walls were recently developed and successfully adopted in engineering practice. However, relevant empirical methods for the evaluation of ground movements due to excavation have not been established. This study aimed to establish a calculation method for assessing ground movement due to excavation and to evaluate the damage probability of nearby buildings. A series of numerical models were carried out, and a database was established with their results. In this paper, simplified equations are proposed for predicting the profiles of subsurface and surface settlements, as well as lateral movements, utilizing the database. The accuracy of the simplified equations was validated by monitoring data from three case histories of the inclined–vertical framed retaining wall. Finally, the damage potential index was used to obtain the probability of damage to buildings located outside the excavations, while considering different positions.

Keywords: excavation; inclined–vertical framed retaining wall; settlement; lateral displacement; damage assessment

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Zheng, G.; Guo, Z.; Guo, Q.; Tian, S.; Zhou, H. Prediction of Ground Movements and Impacts on Adjacent Buildings Due to Inclined–Vertical Framed Retaining Wall-Retained Excavations. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9485. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179485

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Zheng G, Guo Z, Guo Q, Tian S, Zhou H. Prediction of Ground Movements and Impacts on Adjacent Buildings Due to Inclined–Vertical Framed Retaining Wall-Retained Excavations. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(17):9485. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179485

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Zheng, Gang, Zhiyi Guo, Qianhui Guo, Shuai Tian, and Haizuo Zhou. 2023. "Prediction of Ground Movements and Impacts on Adjacent Buildings Due to Inclined–Vertical Framed Retaining Wall-Retained Excavations" Applied Sciences 13, no. 17: 9485. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179485

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Zheng, G., Guo, Z., Guo, Q., Tian, S., & Zhou, H. (2023). Prediction of Ground Movements and Impacts on Adjacent Buildings Due to Inclined–Vertical Framed Retaining Wall-Retained Excavations. Applied Sciences, 13(17), 9485. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179485

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