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Apr 26, 2012
Design and Construction Aspects of the Largest ''Pile Curtain'' Retaining Structure Built in the Tropical Soil of the Brazilian Central Area
Authors: R. P. Cunha [email protected], A. G. B. Medeiros [email protected], and C. M. Silva [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Underground Construction and Ground Movement
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This paper presents unpublished data on the largest excavation and retaining structure of the "pile curtain" type already constructed in the Center of Brazil, more specifically at the city of Brasilia. This city is characterized by having a tropical, unsaturated, collapsible sandy clay soil known as the Brasilia "porous" clay. These soil characteristics are reproduced, with some differences, in most areas of the Brazilian Central Plateau. Hence, the paper briefly discusses about project details and presents the simplified design approach adopted for the retaining structure, that was carried out with the Geofine software package. This case history is also under scrutiny of an on-going research thesis, which aims the interpretation of its instrumented results and the establishment of more refined numerical analyses.
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Geotechnical Grad Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Brasilia. Brasilia-DF, Cep. 70910-900, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]
Grad Student, Geotechnical Grad Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Brasilia;. E-mail: [email protected]
Embre Engineering Ltd., SIA Trecho 03 Lote 625/695 Bloco "A" Sala 220, Brasilia-DF, Cep. 71200-010, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]
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