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Título del libro: Proceedings Of The 16th International Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology In Harmony With The Global Environment
Título del capítulo: The process of soil cracking and faulting

Autores UNAM:
JORGE ARTURO ARZATE FLORES;
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Año de publicación:
2005
Palabras clave:

Approximate analysis; Civil infrastructures; Differential settlements; Ground loss; Natural recharge; Process of soil; Soil layer; Tension cracks; Water extraction; Aquifers; Geotechnical engineering; Hydrogeology; Soil mechanics; Cracks


Resumen:

Ground fissuring is a recurrent problem in many countries where water extraction surpasses the natural recharge of aquifers. Due to differential settlements, the soil layer undergoes deformations and cracks with serious consequences for civil infrastructure. Here an approximate analysis of the fissuring process that can be used to predict the location of cracks is proposed. To that purpose, the ground loss theory is applied to highly compressible sediments overlying a sinusoidal shaped graben. This analysis shows the existence of tensile zones where tension cracks are more likely to appear.


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