Research Article
Jun 1975
Rigid and Flexible Bracing Systems on Adjacent Sites
Publication: Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 101, Issue 2
Abstract
Design, construction, and performance case histories are presented for rigid and flexible bracing systems supporting 45 ft deep basement excavations in soft soil (San Francisco bay mud). The rigid bracing system was a soldier-pile tremie-concrete wall braced with tiebacks and inclined rakers. The flexible bracing system was a sheet-pile wall supported by diagonal struts and inclined rakers. The slurry wall system, designed in accordance with conservative pressure criteria, limited adjacent ground movements to small magnitudes; pavements and utilities were undamaged. The sheet pile bracing system, designed in accordance with less conservative criteria, experienced moderately large deformations that caused minor to moderate damage to pavements, sidewalks, and buried utilities.
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Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 101 • Issue 2 • June 1975
Pages: 365 - 376
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jun 1975
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Richard G. Tait, M.ASCE
Project Mgr., Harding-Lawson Assoc., Consulting Engrs. and Geologists, San Francisco, Calif.
Henry T. Taylor, M.ASCE
Vice Pres., Harding-Lawson Assocs., Consulting Engrs. and Geologists, San Francisco, Calif.
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