Estudios de asentamientos por consolidación instantánea, primaria y secundaria en suelos arcillosos de alta plasticidad del cantón Catamayo de la provincia de Loja.

Abstract

The study of settlements by consolidation in soils of high plasticity and compressibility of the canton Catamayo had the purpose to determine the parameters that allowed to predict the behavior of this type of soils and to foresee the future threats by the volumetric changes that occur when being subjected to some type of load, resulting in greater safety in buildings.

The samples were obtained in the places provided as urban expansion zones according to the catastral registry of the city of Catamayo, considering only eight zones. Lithographically these samples correspond to clay, which were submitted to different laboratory analyzes to determine their main characteristics and parameters necessary for the calculation of instant settlements, settlements by primary consolidation and settlements by secondary consolidation.

Finally, with the parameters obtained from the consolidation test, the total settlements of a foundation were determined by proposing and analyzing a theoretical foundation model, developed manually and using a spreadsheet.