METHOD OF STABILIZATION OF SAND GROUND FOUNDATION Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: construction, stabilization of ground sand foundation in the conditions of rise of the ground water level. SUBSTANCE: the method consists in the change of the load acting on the foundation and taking of it up to stabilization of settlement. Compression tests of ground samples in air-dry and water-saturated states are preliminarily performed. According to the test results, graphs are plotted for determining the value of critical load equal to the load at the minimum increment of strains on the graph. The load acting on the foundation is changed to the value equal to critical load. EFFECT: facilitated procedure. 3 tbl