Análisis de factibilidad para construcción de obras civiles en la zona occidental de la ciudad de Loja referente a la capacidad portante de sus suelos

Abstract

Abstract: The main objective of this work is aimed at making the Geomechanical Zoning Map of the study polygon located in the north-western area of the city of Loja, based on the bearing capacity of its soils, based on a lithological and topographic survey. of the zone to determine the mechanical properties of the soils, at a scale of 1:6000. As it turned out, the lithological map within the polygon was divided into six zones with different soil classification, in these zones the study of the bearing capacity of said soils was carried out through DCP tests. With the data extracted in the field in each of the six demonstration points, one of them being a comparison point, a different bearing capacity of the soil was obtained in each zone, where a CBR of 79.36% was obtained in the center of the polygon with a lithology (ML), while in the upper left margin of the polygon a CBR of 18.1% was obtained with a lithology (OH). It is therefore given that the land within the polygon has a bearing capacity between good and acceptable, but 70% of the polygon is already urbanized.