<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents the results of numerical calculations of soil consolidation underneath the “Africa Pavilion” structure in Wrocław Zoo, Poland. To determine the deformations of the baseplate of the “Africa Pavilion” and deformations of the subsoil, Biot’s consolidation theory for two-phase medium was applied. The calculations were carried out using the professional program FlexPDE v.6, which is based on the Finite Element Method. Numerical calculations performed were used to evaluate the design assumptions allowing for the laying of hydraulic conduits under the slab.</p></abstract>

This article presents the results of numerical calculations of soil consolidation underneath the “Africa Pavilion” structure in Wrocław Zoo, Poland. To determine the deformations of the baseplate of the “Africa Pavilion” and deformations of the subsoil, Biot’s consolidation theory for two-phase medium was applied. The calculations were carried out using the professional program FlexPDE v.6, which is based on the Finite Element Method. Numerical calculations performed were used to evaluate the design assumptions allowing for the laying of hydraulic conduits under the slab.

Analysis of the Foundation Slab Settlement of the “Africa Pavilion” Facility in Wrocław

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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This article presents the results of numerical calculations of soil consolidation underneath the “Africa Pavilion” structure in Wrocław Zoo, Poland. To...

Analysis of the Foundation Slab Settlement of the “Africa Pavilion” Facility in Wrocław

Published Online: Feb 12, 2016

Page range: 47 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2015-0044

Keywords
soil consolidation, numerical calculations, settlement, hydraulic conduits

© 2015 Eugeniusz Sawicki et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of the Foundation Slab Settlement of the “Africa Pavilion” Facility in Wrocław

Published Online: Feb 12, 2016

Page range: 47 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2015-0044

Keywordssoil consolidation, numerical calculations, settlement, hydraulic conduits

© 2015 Eugeniusz Sawicki et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
soil consolidation, numerical calculations, settlement, hydraulic conduits