Essays about: "ground bearing capacity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words ground bearing capacity.

  1. 1. Trädplantering i den hårdgjorda staden : utmaningar och lösningsalternativ

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ingela Carlgren; [2024]
    Keywords : gatuträd; urbana träd; trädplantering; gatumiljö; urban jord; kompaktering; skelettjord; makadamsubstrat; rotceller; suspended pavement;

    Abstract : Träd är viktiga delar av våra städer. De bidrar med många ekosystemtjänster, som klimatreglering, dagvattenhantering och positiva hälsoeffekter. De är också viktiga identitetsskapande element. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effect of taper on pile shaft bearing capacity : Finite element analysis of a tapered wooden pile in sulfate soil

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Jonathan Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : Pile; taper; timber piles; wooden piles; sulphide soil; sulfate soil; tapered piles;

    Abstract : he usage of piles, especially wooden piles, have been going on for thousands of years in construction and foundation reinforcements. Sometimes this was done temporary like the Romans who used wooden piles to construct bridges in Britain, or more permanently like the piles upon which the floating city of Venice stands. READ MORE

  4. 3. Structural evaluation of concrete buildings considering bearing capacity, load combinations, and safety regulations : Analyzing the difference design methods used in old Swedish Norms “Statliga betongbestämmelser 1949, BBK79, Eurocode”

    University essay from KTH/Betongbyggnad

    Author : Abdallah El-Sanei; Najim Abdallah Mohammad; [2020]
    Keywords : concrete; codes; design; load - combinations; Betong; koder; last - kombination;

    Abstract : Design regulations for concrete structures differ through time and place. Throughout the years design regulations have been changed and adjusted for improvement and to ensure safe and secured structures. READ MORE

  5. 4. Geotechnical reinforcement work for foundation of extending an existing residential building

    University essay from KTH/Jord- och bergmekanik

    Author : Malin Karlbom; Lovisa Hallman; [2020]
    Keywords : Geotechnical reinforcement work of foundation; drilled piles; steel piles; superstructure; extension of wood; Grundförstärkning; borrade pålar; stålpålar; våningspåbyggnad; påbyggnation av trä;

    Abstract : The last hundreds of years there has been a land elevation that causes an increased distance between the groundwater level and the buildings founded on wooden piles. When wooden piles are exposed to air, rot fungus occurs which causes the pile to lose its bearing capacity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Undermining the Local: Power, Acceptance, and Confidence surrounding a Chilean Mining Operation : Social Impacts of the Mining Operation Los Pelambres on the Cuncumén Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Julia Schwab; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Ethnography; Social License to Operate; Mining; Power; Trust; Victim Mentality;

    Abstract : The present ethnographic research explores the socio-economic repercussions of a copper mining operation in Chile on its host community. By examining the development of the relationship between this local community and the mining company since the latter’s arrival, this thesis sheds light on the possible (secondary) impacts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) measures and participatory spaces on intracommunal dynamics. READ MORE