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Abstract

This study investigates the complete process of water level elevation’s impact on structural buoyancy under varying environmental conditions (with/without surrounding barriers) using model testing. The experiments simulated the buoyancy response patterns in sandy soil layers under different hydraulic heads. Dynamic variations of structural buoyancy over time were systematically analyzed, revealing distinct differences across the working conditions. The key findings demonstrate: (1) in the presence of the barrier effect, the growth of structure buoyancy is significantly slower than that without a barrier, but the measured value of structure buoyancy in sand is basically consistent with the theoretical value of Archimedes’ law, and the reduction coefficient is between 0.78 and 0.96; (2) the influence rate of water level rise under high water head pressure on structure buoyancy is significantly higher than that under low water head pressure. Therefore, special attention should be paid to monitoring structure buoyancy when the water level rises under high water levels.

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Title
Experimental Study on the Influence of Rising Water Levels on the Buoyancy of Building Structure
Author
Fan Zhisong 1 ; Xu, Changjie 2 ; Yang Kelang 1 ; Xue Xiuli 1 ; Zeng Chaofeng 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Geotechnical Engineering for Stability Control and Health Monitoring, School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China; [email protected] (Z.F.); [email protected] (K.Y.); [email protected] (X.X.) 
 State Key Laboratory of Performance Monitoring Protecting of Rail Transit Infrastructure, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China; [email protected] 
First page
1377
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734441
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3203220533
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.