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Aug 11, 2016
Optimum Base Width of Gravity Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfilled with Recycled Materials
Authors: B. Munwar Basha, M.ASCE [email protected], Shaik Moin Ahmed [email protected], Arif Ali Baig Moghal, M.ASCE [email protected], and Kandukuri Shanker [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Geo-Chicago 2016
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The optimum dimensions of narrow backfill width gravity retaining walls backfilled with recycled materials are obtained by considering the four modes of failure, viz overturning of the wall about its toe, sliding of the wall on its base, eccentricity of the resultant force and bearing capacity failure below the base slab. An analytical method is presented to obtain a solution for the active earth pressure exerted by the backfilling of recycled materials like bottom fly ash, course coal refuses, foundry sand, foundry slag, mill tailing, scrap tires, reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled concrete aggregate (RCA). The proposed method uses the limit equilibrium method with planar slip surfaces. Three different failure mechanisms of the active wedge are considered, namely mechanism 1 (active wedge formed by a single block), mechanism 2 (active wedge is composed of two rigid blocks, one slipping with respect to the other) and mechanism 3 (which considers three blocks). Using these three mechanisms, the magnitude of active earth pressure acting on the gravity wall and point of application of active thrust from the bottom of the wall are computed. The influence of various parameters on the optimum dimensions of the gravity retaining wall is presented in the form of design charts.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Aerodynamics
- Analysis (by type)
- Backfills
- Base course
- Construction engineering
- Construction methods
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Excavation
- Failure analysis
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Gravity forces
- Infrastructure
- Material failures
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Pavements
- Recycling
- Retaining structures
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil pressure
- Solid mechanics
- Transportation engineering
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India. E-mail: [email protected]
Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India. E-mail: [email protected]
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud Univ., Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: [email protected]
Principal, K.I.T.S., Singapur, Huzurabad, Karimnagar, Telangana, India. E-mail: [email protected]
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