Analysis of differential settlement of circular tank foundations on multilayered soil

Suranga Gunerathne; Hoyoung Seo; William Lawson; Priyantha Jayawickrama

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Analysis of differential settlement of circular tank foundations on multilayered soil

Suranga Gunerathne, Hoyoung Seo, William Lawson, Priyantha Jayawickrama

Civil Environ Construct Engineering

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Circular plates have been widely used as foundations of large-diameter storage tanks. Investigation of the flexural behavior of a uniformly-loaded circular plate on elastic soil is of significant interest in the tank design process. This paper presents a continuum-based, semi-analytical, elastic analysis model for a uniformly-loaded circular plate resting on a multilayered soil deposit. The governing differential equations are derived based on variational principles and solved semi-analytically. Results from the proposed analysis model are compared with those from PLAXIS and show reasonable accuracy. Parametric studies for a circular plate resting on two- and three-layered soil deposits using the semi-analytical model provide important insights about the effects of soil layering on the differential settlement of circular tank foundation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geotechnical Special Publication
Editors	Christopher L. Meehan, Sanjeev Kumar, Miguel A. Pando, Joseph T. Coe
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages	444-453
Number of pages	10
Edition	GSP 307
ISBN (Electronic)	9780784482094
ISBN (Print)	9780784482094
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482094.040
State	Published - 2019
Event	8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Foundations, Geo-Congress 2019 - Philadelphia, United States Duration: Mar 24 2019 → Mar 27 2019

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Name	Geotechnical Special Publication
Number	GSP 307
Volume	2019-March
ISSN (Print)	0895-0563

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Conference	8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Foundations, Geo-Congress 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	03/24/19 → 03/27/19

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Gunerathne, S., Seo, H., Lawson, W., & Jayawickrama, P. (2019). Analysis of differential settlement of circular tank foundations on multilayered soil. In C. L. Meehan, S. Kumar, M. A. Pando, & J. T. Coe (Eds.), Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 307 ed., pp. 444-453). (Geotechnical Special Publication; Vol. 2019-March, No. GSP 307). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482094.040

Gunerathne, Suranga ; Seo, Hoyoung ; Lawson, William et al. / Analysis of differential settlement of circular tank foundations on multilayered soil. Geotechnical Special Publication. editor / Christopher L. Meehan ; Sanjeev Kumar ; Miguel A. Pando ; Joseph T. Coe. GSP 307. ed. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019. pp. 444-453 (Geotechnical Special Publication; GSP 307).

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Gunerathne, S, Seo, H, Lawson, W & Jayawickrama, P 2019, Analysis of differential settlement of circular tank foundations on multilayered soil. in CL Meehan, S Kumar, MA Pando & JT Coe (eds), Geotechnical Special Publication. GSP 307 edn, Geotechnical Special Publication, no. GSP 307, vol. 2019-March, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 444-453, 8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Foundations, Geo-Congress 2019, Philadelphia, United States, 03/24/19. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482094.040

Analysis of differential settlement of circular tank foundations on multilayered soil. / Gunerathne, Suranga; Seo, Hoyoung; Lawson, William et al.

Geotechnical Special Publication. ed. / Christopher L. Meehan; Sanjeev Kumar; Miguel A. Pando; Joseph T. Coe. GSP 307. ed. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019. p. 444-453 (Geotechnical Special Publication; Vol. 2019-March, No. GSP 307).

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