Estimation of consolidation settlements caused by groundwater drainage at Ulus-Keçiören subway project

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Altınbilek, M. Erdem

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Prediction of ground settlements have always been a big challenge for the engineers that are responsible for the design of subway tunnel projects. Since ground settlement is a crucial concept directly affecting the successfulness of a project, it must be taken seriously and should be accurately estimated. Consolidation settlements in the close proximity of Ulus-Keçiören Subway project due to groundwater drainage is the focus of this study. In this sense, the necessary data about the project characteristics and the site conditions were collected thru project descriptions and the geotechnical investigations conducted at the project site. Utilizing the generated database analytical calculations were carried out to predict the settlements. Upon completion of this stage of analysis several of the locations were numerically modeled for further investigation. Numerical analysis was conducted at four sections by using Plaxis, to determine the amount of expected displacements and the resulting groundwater situation. Despite of the differences between these two methods the resulting settlement estimations displayed consistency.

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Earth Movements, Mass Movements.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607165/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15919

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M. E. Altınbilek, “Estimation of consolidation settlements caused by groundwater drainage at Ulus-Keçiören subway project,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.