The application of continuous surface wave testing for settlement analysis with reference to a full-scale load test for a bridge at Pont Melin, Wales, UK

dc.contributor.authorHeymann, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorRigby-Jones, J.
dc.contributor.authorMilne, C.A.
dc.contributor.emailgerhard.heymann@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-28T10:14:24Z
dc.date.available2017-08-28T10:14:24Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractThe presence of a significant thickness of soft silts beneath the site of a proposed new road bridge caused concerns over the suitability of shallow foundations. Despite extensive conventional ground investigations, it was not possible to obtain reliable stiffness data, and so a full-scale, fully instrumented load test was undertaken to better determine ground stiffness. The data obtained was used in conjunction with sophisticated numerical analysis to demonstrate that the settlement of shallow foundations would be acceptable. Following completion of the bridge construction, Continuous Surface Wave testing was undertaken and a range of simple non-linear elastic settlement analyses conducted to model the behaviour of the load test. Through these analyses this paper demonstrates the benefit of using continuous surface wave ground stiffness testing in conjunction with simple analysis methods. It underlines the importance of obtaining high-quality stiffness data to accurately predict settlement of shallow foundations.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCivil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_civileng.htmlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHeymann G, Rigby-Jones J, Milne CA. The application of continuous surface wave testing for settlement analysis with reference to a full-scale load test for a 49 bridge at Pont Melin, Wales, UK. J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng. 2017:59(2), Art. #1245, 10 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/2309-8775/2017/v59n2a6.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1021-2019 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/2309-8775/2017/v59n2a6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/62118
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Institution of Civil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.rightsSouth African Institution of Civil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectContinuous surface wave testen_ZA
dc.subjectSoil stiffnessen_ZA
dc.subjectNon‑linear analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectFoundation settlementen_ZA
dc.subjectContinuous surface wave (CSW)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherEngineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-09
dc.subject.otherSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
dc.titleThe application of continuous surface wave testing for settlement analysis with reference to a full-scale load test for a bridge at Pont Melin, Wales, UKen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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