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Pile settlement analysis estimated that total settlement value was 15.6 mm, including 2.1 mm settlements of elastic deformation of pile from vertical compressive loads. In general, pile settlement should not be more than <2%D (where D is a diameter of the pile).

Acceptable limits Similarly, American Society of Civil Engineers recommends that total settlement should not exceed 50 mm for residential buildings and 75 mm for industrial buildings, while differential settlement should not exceed 19 mm for residential buildings and 25 mm for industrial buildings.

For insensitive buildings, the maximum settlement permitted at the head of an individual pile during load testing at DVL should be 10mm plus the calculated elastic shortening of the pile shaft, for piles less than 1000mm diameter. For test piles greater than 1000mm diameter a value in excess of 10mm may be appropriate.

Total settlement: For structures supported on load bearing wall, the maximum settlement values are (2.5-5) cm. for chimneys, silos, mats this value lies in between (8-30) cm, for framed structure (5-10) cm. All type of structures discussed above may be subjected to non-uniform settlement.

Therefore, to determine the settlements, it is necessary to know: the course of vertical stresses ?z with depth. The settlement-generating base stress ?1 = ?0 - ? ? h must be used, taking into consideration the stress reduction by the excavation unloading for the embedment depth of the foundations.

For the calculation of foundation settlement, it is required to determine the vertical stress increase in the soil mass due to the load applied on the foundation.

The settlement ratio of pile group is the ratio of the settlement of the pile group to the settlement of a single pile. It is denoted by Sgp/Sp, where Sgp is the settlement of the pile group and Sp is the settlement of a single pile.