PRESSUREMETER DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS

The retaining walls which are dealt with in this report are drilled shaft retaining walls. For these walls, the resistance to overturning is developed from the embedded part of the wall for flexural rigidity. In a first part the basic finite difference method of solving such retaining wall problems is described and a simple example is given. In a second part a parametric analysis of the solution using a conventional method is performed to point out which of the wall and soil parameters are most important. The pressuremeter method recommended by Menard is presented in the third part. Finally predictions are made for two future drilled shaft walls in Houston, Texas. (Author)

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/340-4F.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85177
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research conducted in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration Research Study Title: The Pressuremeter and the Design of Highway Related Foundations.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Briaud, J-L
  • Meriwether, M
  • Porwoll, H
• Publication Date: 1983-10

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 87 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design methods; Finite differences; Pressure gages; Retaining walls; Stiffness; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Drilled shafts
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390998
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TX-84-54+340-4FFinal Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: Res Study 2-5-83-340
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM