Application of Geophysical Investigation to occurrence of settlement - A case study

Abstract

Summary Over the past several decades there has been a steady increase in the application of geophysical technique to many type of civil engineering problems. Main applications included the determination of depth of bedrock and physical properties of rock (Sharma 1997). Recently, geophysical method has become the alternative method of soil investigation due to cost, time efficiencies, and the quality of their researches (Sam Setchell, 2016). In this case study, occurrence of crack at house structure due to soil settlement had become one of problematic issues in geotechnical investigation. With the support of geophysical method, the characteristic and soil category can be determined.