EFFECT OF RESTRAINING SETTLEMENT OF FOUNDATION BASED ON CASES FROM STUDY OF DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT OF LOW-RISE HOUSING AROUND LAKE SUWA

Abstract

The region around Lake Suwa has a very soft layer and damage from differential settlement is apparent in many houses. In this study, the authors studies differential settlement at 28 built in Toyoda, Suwa City on the south side of Lake Suwa, Nagano. Prefecture over a period of five years from when the houses were newly built. Using the results of the study, the authors crganized the settlement pattern and the impect factors on settlement, and indicated a number of points that were discemed concerning on differential settlement of the low-rise housing. The research revealed that the depth of the banking have a great impact on differential settlement.