RESEARCH AREA
The research area of the study was divided into two main locations, the first location is in Karakol containing 5 boreholes, and the second location is in Tuzla region containing 43 borehole.
Boreholes with their locations were entered into the Google Earth’s map of Cyprus to clarify the exact position of the boreholes according to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), Zone 36.
KARAKOL
TUZLA REGION
KARAKOL
Correlations
The standard penetration numbers were corrected according to the field conditions.
Also The SPT is used to provide results for the properties of the existing soils.
Depth to Bedrock
Bearing Capacity
Due to the heterogeneous state of the ground profile (stratified soils), bearing capacity was calculated in terms of local shear failure mode, and according to the undrained condition.
Settlement
Settlement is one of the essential criteria for bearing capacity. The allowable load on a foundation with a fixed settlement value can be easily obtained from a trial and error process. In this project the method of settlement that was used was oedometric modulus.
Modeling
Modelling of this project was done on GEO5. All the boreholes with their coordinates and their profiles were entered to generate an area that contains all of the researched boreholes.
