A study on the engineering behaviour of Nairobi subsoil
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Date
2011Author
Caroline, Onyancha
Eliud, Mathu
Sixtus, Mwea
Wilson, Ngecu
Type
ArticleLanguage
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Nai
r
obi
C
i
t
y
is un
derl
ai
n
by
vol
cani
c
m
a
t
e
ri
al
s t
h
at
resul
t
ed fr
om
t
h
e form
at
i
on of t
h
e ri
ft
val
l
e
y
.
Som
e
of t
h
e
challenges tha
t
face design
of
structures i
n
the city include: the nee
d
to
devel
op st
ruct
ures in a
r
eas with poor site
co
nd
itio
ns; d
i
stress in
stru
ctures th
at co
u
l
d
b
e
related
to
fou
n
d
a
tion
con
d
i
tio
n
s
; en
co
un
ter o
f
u
n
e
xp
ected
sub
s
o
il co
nd
itio
ns
even a
f
t
e
r ca
rr
y
i
ng o
u
t
s
o
m
e
geot
ec
hni
cal
i
n
vest
i
g
at
i
o
ns, a
nd;
devel
opm
ent
o
f
de
fect
s re
l
a
t
e
d t
o
ad
jace
nt
dee
p
e
x
cava
t
i
o
n
.
Th
e
ob
j
ecti
v
es of t
h
is stud
y
were: t
o
i
n
v
e
stig
ate th
e
qu
a
litativ
e an
d
q
u
an
titativ
e properties of sub
s
urface m
a
terials
,
to
est
a
bl
i
s
h t
h
e engi
neeri
ng
pr
o
p
ert
y
vari
at
i
o
n
s
and t
o
p
r
o
v
i
de
p
r
o
p
e
rties th
at rep
r
esen
t th
e b
e
st esti
mates. In
formatio
n
av
ailab
l
e fo
r t
h
is stud
y in
clu
d
e
d
;
Atterb
erg
li
m
its, g
r
ad
i
n
g,
con
s
o
lid
atio
n, swell and
co
llap
s
e, tria
xial shear a
nd
direct
sh
ear, po
in
t load
and
un
co
nfin
ed
co
m
p
ressiv
e
streng
t
h
. Failu
re
in
v
e
stig
atio
n
and
resistiv
ity su
rv
ey
were carried
ou
t to
fill
th
e g
a
p
s
in
th
e
av
ailab
l
e in
fo
rmatio
n
.
Th
e
r
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Civil and Stru ctural Engineering Depa rtment, M a sinde Muliro University of Scien ce and Technolo g y , Kak a mega, Ken y a 2 Department of Geologi c a l Sc ie nces Southe aster n Universit y Col l ege , Ki tui, Ken y a 3 Department of Civil and Constr uction Engin eer ing, University of Nairobi, Nairob i, Ken y a 4 Department of Geolog y , Univ er sity of Nairobi, Nairobi, Ken y