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An Engineering manual for settlement studies

Duncan, James M.; Buchignani, Albert L.

UCB/GT-76-01, University of California, Berkeley, Geotechnical Engineering, 1976-06, PDF (30 MB)

The manual provides a simple, practical guide for settlement studies addressing: settlement problems and building damage due to settlement, methods of estimating settlement of shallow foundations on sand, methods of estimating immediate consolidation and secondary compression settlements of shallow foundations on clay, methods of estimating settlements of pile foundations, and, methods of eliminating, reducing or coping with settlements.

Available online: http://library.eerc.berkeley.edu/documents/GEOTECH/pre-UCB-GT-76-01.pdf