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basal heave: a standalone construct

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basal heave1 CONSTRUCTBasal heaveBJERRUM · GEOTECHNICAL

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Geotechnical engineering

failure of a braced excavation in soft clay by upward movement of the base when soil weight outside exceeds bearing capacity below.

In geotechnical engineering, basal heave refers to failure of a braced excavation in soft clay by upward movement of the base when soil weight outside exceeds bearing capacity below. This meaning comes from Bjerrum (1956) in Géotechnique.[1]

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References

  1. Bjerrum, L., & Eide, O. (1956). Stability of strutted excavations in clay. Géotechnique, 6(1), 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.1956.6.1.32

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