EFFECTS ON DIAPHRAGM WALLS OF GROUNDWATER PRESSURE RISING IN CLAYS

Data are presented of the behaviour of model walls in overconsolidated clay, tested in a centrifuge at 125 g. The removal in flight of a heavy fluid in front of the model wall was used to simulate excavation in front of a prototype in-situ construction. Measurements of bending moment, prop force, wall deflection and ground movement were made as pore pressure transducers responded to imposed variations in groundwater conditions. In particular two walls, one unpropped and one propped, are investigated. The consequential deformations of the unpropped wall, and the bending moments in the propped wall, are described and discussed in relation to the anticipated behaviour of a full-scale construction. (A)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • BOLTON, M D
  • Powrie, W
  • STEWART, D I
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 759-62
• Serial:
  • GROUNDWATER EFFECTS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERG. PROCEEDINGS ON THE NINTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDAITON ENGINEERING, DUBLIN, 31 AUGUST- 3 SEPTEMBER 1987
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Clay; Groundwater; Retaining walls
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 4177: Clay; 4383: Ground water; 3359: Retaining wall
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00962580
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-6191-720-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 3 2003 12:00AM