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Jan 1969
Horizontal Movements Related to Subsidence
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Volume 95, Issue 1
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A review of many documented field examples shows that horizontal surface movements often accompany vertical subsidence and that, although these movements may result from a wide variety of different situations, they all appear to follow a well defined pattern. This pattern is the same for horizontal movements associated with mining subsidence; subsidence due to gas, oil or water pumping; or subsidence due to deep consolidation under a heavy fill load such as at an industrial development or an earth dam. A semi-empirical and simple equation is presented which appears to predict the nature and magnitude of horizontal movements correctly provided the vertical subsidence profile is known. An application of the finite-element method of analysis in computing both vertical and horizontal movement is also illustrated. The results of the two methods are compared to data obtained from a laboratory model, a hypothetical earth dam on a compressible foundation, and an actual rockfill dam which settled as the water level rose in the reservoir.
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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 95 • Issue 1 • January 1969
Pages: 139 - 166
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© 1969 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1969
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Kenneth L. Lee, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Engrg., Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, Calif.
C. K. Shen, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Engrg., Univ. of Calif., Davis, Calif.
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