Rigid Retaining Walls

Description

Retaining structures are often used to stabilize any unstable slopes by providing lateral resistance support. This course provides practical information on analysis of gravity, cantilever, and reinforced walls. The stability checks for the design of these supporting walls including sliding and overturning stability will be discussed. The course will benefit those who would like to understand performance of these support system in practice and their basic analysis and design procedures.

Course Content

  • Soil parameters required for calculation of earth pressures
  • Sliding stability for retaining walls
  • Stability of retaining walls under overturning moments
  • Backfilling and drainage of retaining walls

 

Who Should Attend

Those who deal with construction related geotechnical engineering issues or need to build background on geotechnical analyses & design including:

  • Civil, environmental & transportation engineers/technicians
  • Geologists, city & public works officials/planners