DETERMINATION OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL FOR THE STRIP FOUNDATION (case study of trip Foundation Design in Onne, Rivers State, Nigeria)
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DETERMINATION OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL FOR THE STRIP FOUNDATION (case study of trip Foundation Design in Onne, Rivers State, Nigeria)
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This study aims at establishing the sub-soil types and profile to ascertain the engineering characteristics of the underlying soils in Onne area of Rivers State, Nigeria and recommend appropriate foundation design and construction for large scale ground and elevated water storage facilities in the area. Four borings were accomplished using a percussion rig with the aid of augers. Representative samples were analyzed in the laboratory in accordance with relevant geotechnical engineering standards. Results of the study revealed that within the maximum depth of 15m of boring, the area was found to consist of about 0.2m thick of organic topsoil followed by light brown sandy-clay underlain by a light brown to yellowish brown fine to medium grained, medium dense sand up to 15m depth of investigation. The study also reveals that superficial light brown sandy clay is suitable in quality to carry shallow or raft foundation load development and also has thickness to completely dissipate the influence of such foundations in the area. For such foundations which could be placed between 1.0m and 3.0m depth, an average allowable bearing pressure qa of100kN/m2 is recommended for the area. The size of projects in the area in terms of loading presupposes that a shallow foundation placed at a minimum of about 900mm below existing ground level may be appropriate. For such foundation and for a maximum consolidation settlement of about 60mm, an allowable bearing pressure of 100kpa is recommended.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWELDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
- AIM OF THE STUDY
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
- APPLICATION OF THE STUDY
- SCOPE OF THE STUDY
- PROJECT ORGANISATION
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
- OVERVIEW OF FOUNDATION
- REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD FOUNDATION
- SOIL MECHANICS
- GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION
- REVIEW OF STRUCTURES FOUNDATIONS
- TYPE OF FOUNDATION
- OVERVIEW OF STRIP FOUNDATION
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1 STUDY AREA
3.2 MATERIALS
3.3 METHOD
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CHAPTER FIVE
- CONCLUSION
- RECOMMENDATION
- REFERENCES
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It has been observed in recent times, that many property developers in Nigeria ignore drastically the role of geotechnical information in the planning, design, construction, operation as well as safety of civil engineering infrastructures. This neglect results to failure of structures (Annoret al., 1987; Amadiet al., 2012; Youdeowei &Nwankwoala, 2013). Frequent structural failure of civil engineering infrastructures in parts of Port Harcourt Metropolis has become a source of worry to so many persons. It is for this reason that a clear understanding of the occurrence, composition, distribution, geologic history as well as the geotechnical properties of subsurface soils in the area is necessary. Considering the fact that the Eastern Niger Delta is within the coastal zone, geotechnical investigation /considerations are very desirable. The coastal zone which comprises the beach ridges and mangrove swamps is underlain by an alternating sequence of sand and clay with a high frequency of occurrence of clay within 10m below the ground surface. Because of the nearness of these compressible clays to the surface, the influence of imposed loads results to consolidation settlement. The impact of the imposed load is exacerbated by the thickness and consistency of the compressible layer. This, in addition to other intrinsic factors contributes to the failure of civil engineering structures.
The knowledge of the geotechnical characteristics of Onne, Rivers State, Nigeria is very desirable for design and construction of foundation of future civil engineering structures in order to minimize adverse effects and prevention of post construction problems. Some studies have been carried out on geotechnical properties of the sub-soils generally (Nwankwoala &Amadi, 2013; Oke &Amadi, 2008; Okeet al., 2009).For the purpose of generating relevant data inputs for the design and construction of foundations for proposed structures, it is imperative that the site be geo-technically characterized through sub-soil investigation. This paper therefore, aims at establishing significant subsoil types and profile, investigation of the engineering characteristics of all such sub-soils to generate the required data relevant to the foundation design and construction of structures.
1.2 AIM OF THE STUDY
This study aims at establishing the sub-soil types and profile to ascertain the geotechnical characteristics of the underlying soils used for strip foundation.
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Determining the geotechnical characteristics of any soil is important; it will be helpful for civil engineering for their design and construction of foundation structures in order to minimize adverse effects and prevention of post construction problems.
1.4 APPLICATION OF THE STUDY
This study can be useful to both student of this department for their future construction and also to the civil engineer also for their construction works.
1.5 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
There are different types of foundation and all of them use sand for their construction, but in this work we focus on determining the geotechnical properties of soil for strip foundation.
1.6 PROJECT ORGANISATION
The work is organized as follows: chapter one discuses the introductory part of the work, chapter two presents the literature review of the study, chapter three describes the methods applied, chapter four discusses the results of the work, chapter five summarizes the research outcomes and the recommendations.
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