Ground and structure response to a hand driven decline in London clay
Abstract
Settlement monitoring of a basement structure. and the ground beneath was carried out during construction of a shallow inclined hand excavated tunnel. The recorded volume loss was found to correlate with a prediction based on load factor. A mode of behaviour of the structure acting as a simple weightless beam interacting with the soil was observed, widening the settlement trough. Soil-structure interaction effects were observed to extend below foundation level.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical and construction materials studies
Landslides and related hazards
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Pages
- 75–80
- Publication date
- 24 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter