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CE5108
EARTH RETAINING
STRUCTURES
Partt 1
P
Fundamentals and Basic Design & Analysis
Semester 1 2014/15
S. H. Goh
Introduction - 1
Introduction - 2
Overview
1st Half ((S.H. Goh))
Fundamentals, Earth Pressure
Th
Theories,
i
Design
D i
Philosophies,
Phil
hi
Rigid Structures, Flexible Walls
(C til
(Cantilever
+ Si
Single-Prop)
l P
)
2nd Half (Prof Harry Tan)
D
Deep E
Excavations,
i
M
Multi-propped
li
d
Walls, Finite Element Modeling and
A l i
Analysis
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1. Introduction
1
Types
yp of Retaining
g Structures
Introduction - 8
Embedded / Flexible
Mechanically Stabilized
Earth (MSE)
Introduction - 9
Embedded / Flexible
Mechanically Stabilized
Earth (MSE)
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cantilever
wall
backfill
backfill
counterfort
reinforcement
plain
concrete
Gravity wall
Introduction - 18
Cantilever wall
Counterfort wall
Introduction - 19
Embedded / Flexible
Mechanically Stabilized
Earth (MSE)
Introduction - 20
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(secondary pile)
Introduction - 31
(primary pile)
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reinforcement Few
cage
metres
to tens
of
metres
concrete
bentonite
slurry to
support
the trench
Introduction - 37
panel (3 7 m)
panel (3 7 m)
Introduction - 39
Completed
C
l t d
diaphragm walls
(for a shaft
excavation)
Introduction - 40
Embedded / Flexible
Mechanically Stabilized
Earth (MSE)
Introduction - 41
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Safe Design
Factor of Safety,
y, Limit States,,
Eurocode
Introduction - 49
Reading Materials
Beyond the Lecture Notes/Slides
Soil mechanics books
Craigs Soil Mechanics 8th Edition
or other soil mechanics textbooks
from the library
Chapters on shear strengths,
strengths
earth pressures and retaining wall
designs
designs.
Introduction - 50
Ending Thought
Unfortunately, soils are made by
nature
t
and
d nott by
b man, and
d the
th
products of nature are always
complex.
Karl von Terzaghi, 1936
Introduction - 51