Anchored Retaining Walls in Granite Residual Soils II. A Method for Preliminary Design

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Manuel Matos Fernandes (Author) FEUP; Nuno raposo (Author) Other; António Topa Gomes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Soils and Rocks

Vol. 40 No. 3

Pages: 243-254

ISSN: 1980-9743

Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Mecanica dos Solos

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-K22

DOI: 10.28927/sr.403243

Abstract (EN): In a companion paper, an extensive parametric study regarding anchored retaining structures was presented, contributing to better understand the behaviour and most relevant parameters regarding their design. Based on those results, a novel and simple methodology for preliminary design is presented, providing an alternative procedure for preliminary design and implementation of the observational method. The methodology consists on the following four steps: definition of the properties of the excavation to be analysed - target excavation; selection, among all the excavations simulated in the parametric study, of tire reference excavation, that acts as a starting point; calculation of all the correction factors; prediction of the bending moments and movements of the target excavation. The paper finishes with the application of the proposed methodology to several examples of increasing complexity, allowing to show how the method is applied and simultaneously demonstrating its potential for practical purposes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12