REASONING ABOUT THE DAMAGE IN THE CENTRAL BUILDING OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST

Abstract

Since the 30s records are available about the movements of the Central Building of the Technical University of Budapest. The movements and the magnitude of consequent cracks have reached a fearful stage in the recent years. Analysis of survey data indicates a local failure during the construction. Completed examination and investigation proved that the origin of the subsequent movements can be traced back partly to the alteration of effective stresses in the soil mass in the wake of water level fluctuations in the river Danube and partly to leaching out of soil grains from the soil in the underground.