Modelling the Collapse of Berlin-type Walls by Loss of Vertical Equilibrium: a Few Preliminary Results

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 1998

Authors

N. C. Guerra (Author) Other; A. Gomes Correia (Author) Other; Manuel Matos Fernandes (Author) FEUP; A. S. Cardoso (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: 3rd International Workshop on Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering

Pages: 231-238

3rd International Workshop on Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering

Porto, Portugal, 2-4 Sept 1998

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): The problem of vertical equilibrium of tied-back flexible retaining walls is discussed and the peculiarities of Berlin-type walls are presented. Modelling excavations supported by Berlin-type walls using finite elements is described. A numerical case study with marginal vertical stability conditions due to pile buckling is analysed and its results are compared with those obtained from a different analysis of the same case, where buckling is not allowed. The importance of this failure mechanism is emphasised and a few conclusions are taken.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8