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Foundations on bedrock settle a negligible amount. In contrary, Foundations in other types of soil such as clay may settle much more. An example of this is Mexico City palace of fine arts has settled more than 15 feet (4.5m) into the clay soil on which it is founded since it was constructed in the early 1930s.

There are three main types of settlement that affect shallow foundations: immediate or elastic settlement, consolidation settlement, and secondary or creep settlement. Immediate settlement occurs due to the elastic deformation of the soil and the foundation under the applied load.

In order to be able to calculate settlements in the soil due to this change in stress, it is necessary to know the spreading and distribution of the stresses in the foundation soil. The stresses are calculated for the socalled elastic-isotropic half-space.

The primary consolidation settlement can be calculated from the coefficient of volume compressibility mv, which can further lead to the Young's modulus E? = (1 + v?)(1 ? 2v?)/[mv(1 ? v?)], with an assumed Poisson's ratio v?.

The elastic settlement of the footing in case of saturated clays is determined using the relation: S i = q B ( E s 1 ? ? ) I. S i = q B ( 1 ? ? E s ) I. S i = q ( 1 ? ? 2 E s ) I. S i = q B ( 1 ? ? 2 E s ) I.

The geotechnical settlement of soil occurs when the stresses within it change. For example, when an excessive load is applied to the surface or the ground is excavated to make tunnels. Soil settlement can have catastrophic consequences, such as the collapse of structures supported by the ground.

Settlement is the downward movement of the ground (soil) when a load is applied to it. The load increases the vertical effective stress exerted onto the soil. This stress, in turn, increases the vertical strain in the soil. This increase in vertical strain causes the ground to move downward.