Papers by Mahima Ganeshan
The management of solid industrial waste is of big global concern nowadays. The majority of indus... more The management of solid industrial waste is of big global concern nowadays. The majority of industries are not interested in the treatment and safe disposal of industrial waste due to its high cost involvements, causing environmental and other ecological impacts. The disposal of waste foundry sand is of prime importance due to the big volume produced from the foundries all over the world. Moreover solid masonry blocks which are widely used in construction purposes are structurally inferior to burnt clay bricks. This also has a disadvantage that it cannot be used for load bearing and seismic resistant structures. This paper mainly targets on two solutions: making of commercially available solid masonry blocks to high strength so that it can be used in load bearing structures and replacement of fine aggregate in these blocks with waste foundry sand. Although many studies have been formulated using waste foundry sand in concrete, no such study has been reported so far with solid masonr...
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences
International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, 2019
Foundations are structure which is used to transfer the load coming from super structure to soil ... more Foundations are structure which is used to transfer the load coming from super structure to soil safely without failure. The Foundations should be structurally strong to resist the distress, bearing capacity failure and excessive settlement due to earthquakes. The performance of shells in roof structures initiated the idea of using shells as foundations. Shallow foundations and deep foundations which are generally the first preference in foundation design under favourable conditions are generally more vulnerable to earthquake damage. Among shallow foundations, shell foundations are expected to perform better as they are an economical alternative to plain foundations where heavy super structural loads are to be transmitted to weaker soils. There are various types of shells used in foundations like hyperbolic paraboloid shell, conical shell, inverted dome, elliptic paraboloid, pyramidal shell, triangular shell, cylindrical shell, inverted spherical shell etc. Shell foundations are economic alternatives to plain shallow foundations in situations involving heavy super structural loads to be transmitted to weaker soils. The development in analysis and design of shell type foundations have led to the understanding that there are more advantages of shell type foundations compared to their conventional footing. In this paper includes, the various shell foundation used in practice, parametric study of shell footing and a comparison of behavior of shell footing with conventional footing and an overview of shell foundation.
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Papers by Mahima Ganeshan