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Behavior of a Deep Excavation and Damages on Adjacent Buildings: a Case Study in Vietnam

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This paper investigates the behavior of deep excavations and damages on adjacent buildings based on an excavation in a thick sand layer in Vietnam. Firstly, measured horizontal displacements of diaphragm walls were used to calibrate soil stiffness parameters for finite element analysis (FEA). Then, the behavior of diaphragm walls, groundwater, ground surface deformation, and an adjacent building was analyzed. The analysis results and damages observed in the field were used to review the validity of the criteria for evaluating the damage potential of excavation to adjacent buildings. It can be concluded from the study that the damage potential of adjacent buildings as evaluated from FEA through the strain state chart proposed by Boscardin and Cording (1989) or the damage potential index (DPI) proposed by Schuster et al. (2009) is fairly accurate with field observations.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Hoa Binh Construction Group Joint Stock Company for the provision of data of the Madison Project. We would also like to express our gratitude to MSc. Viet Thai Tran, who contributed good ideas, insightful comments, and valuable experiences to this study.

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  1. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Danang, 550000, Vietnam

    Quoc Thien Huynh

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Van Qui Lai

  3. Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Van Qui Lai

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Tirawat Boonyatee

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand

    Suraparb Keawsawasvong

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Quoc Thien Huynh acquired methodology and software and contributed to the investigation.

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Huynh, Q.T., Lai, V.Q., Boonyatee, T. et al. Behavior of a Deep Excavation and Damages on Adjacent Buildings: a Case Study in Vietnam. Transp. Infrastruct. Geotech. 8, 361–389 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-020-00142-7

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