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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Civil and Environmental Engineering
421-431 Earth Pressure and Retaining Systems |
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Credit Points: | 5.00 | |
Timetable: | Semester 1 | |
Contact: | 24 hours of lectures and practice classes | |
Objectives: | Students completing this unit will have gained an appreciation and understanding of the role that construction practices have on earth pressure. An ability to design retaining systems for simple and complex backfill situations will also have been developed. | |
Content: | Active, passive and at-rest pressures in sands and clays. Construction and long-term earth pressures. Earth pressure observations. Elasticity considerations. Design of rigid retaining walls. Strutted excavations. Use of ground anchors, design of anchored bulkheads. Influence of wall flexibility on earth pressure. Reinforced earth retaining walls. Alternative methods of support. | |
Assessment: | An assignment of up to 5000 words (10%) and a two-hour open-book examination (90%). | |
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