Pressuremeter Design of Retaining Walls

Details

• Creators:
  Briaud, Jean-Louis ; Meriwether, Michael ; Porwoll, Hubert
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Retaining walls
  • Clay soils
  • Design methods
  • Finite differences
  • Pressure gages
  • Stiffness
  • Structural design
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-83/+340-4F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report: September, 1982 - August, 1983
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Description:
  The retaining walls which are dealt with in this report are drilled shaft retaining walls. For these walls, the resistance to overturning is developed from the embedded part of the wall by flexural rigidity. In a first part the basic finite difference method of solving such retaining wall problems is described and a simple example is given. In a second part a parametric analysis of the solution using a conventional method is performed to point out which of the wall and soil parameters are most important. The pressuremeter method recommended by Menard is presented in the third part. Finally, predictions are made for two future drilled shaft walls in Houston, Texas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-5-83-340
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85177/dot_85177_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.17 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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