Earth Retaining Structures

Code:

MMSEG1207

Acronym:

ESA

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2T

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MMSEG	5	Oficial 2000	1	1,5	5	-
PMSEG	12	Oficial2004	1	1,5	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Explanation of the concepts associated with lateral earth pressure. Static and dynamic design of gravity retaining walls. Introduction to soil reinforcement. Design of reinforced earth walls.

Program

Lateral earth pressure; active and at rest earth pressure; displacements and pressures. General aspects of earth retaining structures; classification. External design, ultimate and service limit states. Seismic analysis of gravity walls; pseudo-static methods, displacement methods, analytical methods based on elastic solutions, numerical and experimental methods. Massive structures: masonry, concrete and gabions. Reinforced concrete walls: L shaped, with counterforts and variations.
Introduction to reinforced soils. Classification of earth retaining structures based on soil reinforcement. Soil-reinforcement interaction; friction-adhesion; passive earth pressure.
Structures composed by soils reinforced with metallic elements (strips and meshes) and with geosynthetics (polymeric strips, geogrids, geotextiles and textile thread).

Mandatory literature

Manuel Matos Fernandes e António Silva Cardoso; Apontamentos para a disciplina
R. Richards and D. Elms; Seismic Behaviour of Gravity Retaining Walls, J. Geot. Eng. Div., Vol. 105, No. GT4, 1979

Complementary Bibliography

McGown, Alan 340; Performance of reinforced soil structures. ISBN: 0-7277-1637-9

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam