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    Diaphragm walls are continuous reinforced concrete walls constructed underground to facilitate construction activities such as retaining walls, cut-off walls for deep excavations, basement walls, and separating underground structures. They are constructed panel by panel using mechanical excavation methods down to depths of around 50 meters. The process involves constructing guide walls, excavating the trench, supporting it with bentonite slurry, and placing reinforcement and concrete to form the wall panels. Diaphragm walls provide advantages such as serving as permanent structural walls, retaining water, bearing deep loads, requiring less temporary propping than other methods, and generating less vibration and noise during installation.

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    Diaphragm walls are continuous reinforced concrete walls constructed underground to facilitate construction activities such as retaining walls, cut-off walls for deep excavations, basement walls, and separating underground structures. They are constructed panel by panel using mechanical excavation methods down to depths of around 50 meters. The process involves constructing guide walls, excavating the trench, supporting it with bentonite slurry, and placing reinforcement and concrete to form the wall panels. Diaphragm walls provide advantages such as serving as permanent structural walls, retaining water, bearing deep loads, requiring less temporary propping than other methods, and generating less vibration and noise during installation.

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    Diaphragm Walls: Mayank Nigam Assistant Professor Glau, Mathura

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    Diaphragm walls are continuous reinforced concrete walls constructed underground to facilitate construction activities such as retaining walls, cut-off walls for deep excavations, basement walls, and separating underground structures. They are constructed panel by panel using mechanical excavation methods down to depths of around 50 meters. The process involves constructing guide walls, excavating the trench, supporting it with bentonite slurry, and placing reinforcement and concrete to form the wall panels. Diaphragm walls provide advantages such as serving as permanent structural walls, retaining water, bearing deep loads, requiring less temporary propping than other methods, and generating less vibration and noise during installation.

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    Diaphragm

    walls
    M AYA N K N I G A M
    A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R
    G L A U , M AT H U R A
    Diaphragm walls
    Diaphragm wall is a continuous wall constructed in ground in to
    facilitate certain construction activities, such as:
    •As a retaining wall
    •As a cut-off provision to support deep excavation
    •As the final wall for basement or other underground structure (e.g. tunnel
    and shaft)
    •As a separating structure between major underground facilities
    •As a form of foundation (barrette pile – rectangular pile)
    Diaphragm walls(cond.)
    Diaphragm wall is a reinforced concrete structure constructed in-situ
    panel by panel. The wall is usually designed to reach very great depth,
    sometimes up to 50m, mechanical excavating method is thus employed.
    Typical sequence of work includes:
    •Construct the guide wall
    •Excavation to form the diaphragm wall trench
    •Support the trench cutting using bentonite slurry
    •Inert reinforcement and placing of concrete to form the wall pane
    Major advantages of diaphragm wall
    •Can be used as permanent structural wall
    •Water retainable
    •Can be installed to deeper depths and for load bearing element
    •Less temporary propping needed
    •Can be applied for top-down construction method
    •Rigid structure so that ground movement induced by basement excavation is less than
    other flexible retaining wall
    •Vibration and noise generated from installation of diaphragm wall is less than other
    methods
    Important video link for Diaphragm wall
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