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The contamination of soil due to accidental spillage of oil happens quite often along highways connecting petroleum refineries. Many accidents of overturning of trucks in these highways have been reported in the recent past. Oil contamination can also occur due to exploded oil well, destruction of oil storage tanks, breakage of pipelines, etc. During these spillages, the oil will permeate into the ground and the engineering properties of soil get altered. Many researchers have investigated the influence of varying percentages of contamination on the engineering properties of soil. This paper investigates the influence of oil spill on the load–settlement behavior of footings of adjacent structures. The influence of eccentricity of the point of spill, quantity of oil spill on the load–settlement behavior and tilt of footing is investigated through a series of laboratory scale load tests. The relation between the quantity of oil spill and the extent of contamination, oil content at various distances from point of spill, etc., are determined experimentally. It is observed that the tilt of footing and variation in load–settlement behavior is significantly influenced by the quantity of oil spill and distance between the point of spill and footing. Based on the results obtained from experimental studies, the extent of damage occurring to a footing due to a nearby oil spill has been quantified.
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Ardra, S.B., Athira, H.A., Janu, J.P., Parvathy, S., Jayamohan, J., Johnson, S. (2023). Influence of Oil Spill on the Load–Settlement Behavior of Footings of Adjacent Structures. In: Muthukkumaran, K., Reddy, C.N.V.S., Joseph, A., Senthamilkumar, S. (eds) Foundation and Forensic Geotechnical Engineering . IGC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 295. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6359-9_19
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