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On the use of both diaphragm and secant pile walls for a basement upgrade project in Vietnam

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The paper presents a practical solution for upgrading the basement depth of a high-rise building in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, Vietnam. Finite element analysis, Plaxis 2D, was employed to simulate the construction site with two different kinds of walls, namely the diaphragm walls (DW) and the secant piles walls (SPW). In the project, SPW was installed next to the existing DW from the basement line, and further deep excavation could be proceeded . FEA results of the lateral deformation of DW and SPW as well as the ground surface settlement were compared with field observations. The comparison shows a good agreement between the numerical work and the field monitoring data. The overlapping lengths between two types of the wall were also investigated for design optimization. The current study can be used for future design projects under similar scenario.

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  1. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam

    Quoc Thien Huynh & Huu Thoi Tra

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, HCMUT, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Van Qui Lai

  3. Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Van Qui Lai

  4. School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

    Jim Shiau

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Thammasat University, Khlong Nueng, Pathumthani, Thailand

    Suraparb Keawsawasvong

  6. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, 38371, Indonesia

    Lindung Zalbuin Mase

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QTH acquired methodology and software and contributed to investigation and writing—original draft. VQL acquired methodology and supervision and contributed to conceptualization and writing—original draft. JS contributed to writing review and editing and data curation. SK provided resources and contributed to writing review and editing and data curation. LZM provided resources and contributed to writing review and editing and data curation. HTT contributed to investigation and writing—original draft.

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Huynh, Q.T., Lai, V.Q., Shiau, J. et al. On the use of both diaphragm and secant pile walls for a basement upgrade project in Vietnam. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 7, 17 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-021-00625-7

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