Effects of cement grouting on seismic performance of building foundations

Abstract

In last decades a large number of buildings is being constructed on problematic soils because of rapid urbanization It causes growing earthquake risks in such areas if combined with lack of engineering. Grouting of ground is being employed to improve seismic performance of foundations and its effectiveness has been verified by examination of predominant period of ground vibration and shear wave velocity. The average period and shear wave velocity of ground was changed from 0.58 s to 0.23 s and 374 m/s to 449 m/s, respectively. The improvement of ground properties reached more than 50%. The results show that grouting can improve earthquake performance of seismically weak building foundations. Thus it can be advised to mitigate the seismic risk of existing buildings.