Engineering Analysis of Foundation Slab Settlement and Deformation for a High-Rise Building on a Nonuniform Rock Bed

Abstract

The development of a Gersevanov Institute procedure is given for analyzing bed settlement under a slab foundation, with consideration of the foundation shape, uneven load, and bed nonuniformity. In the proposed procedure alternative, which has been adapted for the analysis of foundation slabs on a nonuniform rock bed, the load distribution under the slab bottom is taken from the results of a finite-element analysis of a building structure on a base assumed to be absolutely inelastic. Implementation of the analytical procedure is shown using the example of calculating the settlement and deformation of a high-rise building slab, for which a "weakened" area was identified in the bed during surveys. Stochastic simulation of additional "columns" of geological engineering boreholes is carried out to estimate the impact of insufficiently complete information on the properties of the rock mass. The impact of bed nonuniformity on the results of analyzing settlement, slab tilt, and forces within the slab are analyzed.