Sentence examples for settlements of the foundation from inspiring English sources

It was found that the maximum and differential settlements of the foundation beam can be reduced by increasing pile stiffness, reducing pile spacing, and increasing the elastic modulus of the beam.

The method of preloading associated with prefabricated vertical drains was used to accelerate the consolidation process and anticipate the long-term settlements of the foundation soil of two cylindrical oil tanks founded on an alluvial deposit mainly consisting of silty clays.

A settlement of the foundation has been also estimated using Kerisel's proposal.

The remedial measure with thermosyphons only can reduce the settlement of the foundation and will increase the frost jacking risk of the foundation.

In addition, the differential settlement of the foundation pad that takes place due to the weight of the casks increases the sliding potential of the casks during earthquakes.

Differential settlement of the foundation and presence of heavy metal or alkali metal ions in the leachate can vastly affect permeability characteristics of the liner system.

As for building A, it was inclined 3.6° to the north and 3.7° to the east as there was substantial ground subsidence on the north side and different settlement of the foundation occurred.

Downwards movement prevails resulting in considerable settlement of the foundation from the first earthquake (≈5 cm, which is equal to the total settlement of the conventional foundation over the complete scenario), this being the main shortcoming of the rocking design.

As the shield machine advanced, the settlement of the spread foundation increased.

When δ increases from 1.68 % to 3.36 %, the settlement of the spread foundation increases significantly.

Additionally, there was positive feedback between the thaw subsidence of ground surface in the vicinity of the pipeline route and the thaw settlement of the pipeline foundation soils.