Review article

Foundations of multistorey buildings in typical soil conditions of the African continent

UDC: 

624.131

DOI: 

10.23968/1999-5571-2022-19-3-72-79

Pages: 

72-79

Annotation: 

The article considers the engineering and geological conditions of Western Africa. The authors pay attention to the characteristic layerings including a hard surface layer (kirassa) underlain by weak clay soils. It is shown that such layering makes it possible to use foundations with shallow depth. Mathematical modeling for the joint calculation of the «multistorey building - base» system has been performed. The results of numerical calculations allow suggesting that, under certain conditions, surface foundations can be used for construction of even multistorey buildings.

Authors: 

Sakharov I. I. Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering St. Petersburg, Russia

Boureima Sangna Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering St. Petersburg, Russia

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