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Lecture 6:
Design of Retaining Structures -
Gravity Walls
Adam Pickles
A brief summary:
Limit State Design Consider ULS and SLS
Fundamental Equation:
Design Effects Ed Design Resistances Rd
Partial factors applied to characteristic actions,
characteristic material properties and characteristic
resistances. Tolerances applied to characteristic
geometries
Strength and Stability must be verified GEO and STR
Focus on Design by Calculation (section 2.4), but can
also adopt design by Prescriptive measures (section
2.5), testing (Section 2.6) or observational method
(section 2.7).
EC7 Master Class 2009
Talk 6 Retaining Structures: Gravity Walls
BS EN 1997 Part 1 Section 9 - Contents
12 pages
9.1.1
9.1.1
This talk covers general considerations for retaining walls design followed
by gravity wall specifics
Embedded walls covered next week
Other types of walls not explicitly covered.
Note that for reinforced soil walls, BS8006 is still current new draft for public comment available
from 1 July (http://drafts.bsigroup.com)
EC7 Master Class 2009
Talk 6 Retaining Structures: Gravity Walls
Limit States for Retaining Walls (section 9.2)
From section 2:
From section 2:
From section 9:
Limit States
Design Situations & Basis of Design
Design Approaches
Actions
Verification of Stability
Verification of Strength
ULS
SLS
Limit Settlement and Rotation
i.e. if traditional factor of safety > 3, then settlement may not need
to be explicitly checked. This is stated for conventional structures
founded on clays, but also seems reasonable for sand.
9.8.2 Displacements