GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE BELL BAY ANCHORED RETAINING WALL

This paper reviews the geotechnical aspects of the design and construction of an 8 m high, 350 m long sheet pile retaining wall supported by 340 permanent soil anchors. The wall was built to enable widening of a container terminal marshalling yard at the Port of Bell Bay, Tasmania. The port is situated on the Tamar River in an area where the river is confined by a 35 m high escarpment. The escarpment has a history of instability due to both natural regression and development of the area. Failures have generally occurred through fissured clays exposed at lower levels of the escarpment underlying a basalt cap. Apart from designing the wall to resist at-rest soil conditions in its completed state it was necessary to take full account of the staged method of construction and the influence of groundwater. Anchors used both bar and strand tendons and each anchor was required to have a minimum ultimate capacity of 800 kn. Each tendon was fully encased for corrosion protection. Construction monitoring was an essential part of the project. Load cells, inclinometers, measurement surveys and piezometers were used to assess the performance of the wall. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers presented during the Geomechanics-Interaction, Fourth Australia-New Zealand conference on Geomechanics, Perth, Western Australia, 14-18 May 1984, Volumes I and II.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Chandler, B C
  • Cannon, J G
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 294-299
• Monograph Title: GEOMECHANICS - INTERACTION. FOURTH AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE ON GEOMECHANICS, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 14-18 MAY 1984. PREPRINTS OF PAPERS. VOLUMES I AND II
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 84/2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchorages; Cables; Conferences; Construction; Construction management; Continuous structures; Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Design; Durability; Failure; Geotechnical engineering; Groundwater; Inclinometers; Load cells; Loads; Monitoring; Motion; Pavement layers; Performance; Piezometers; Ports; Retaining walls; Rocks; Sheet pile walls; Sheet piling; Soils; Structural design; Surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stage construction
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 8006: Australia; 4530: Cable; 8525: Conference; 9006: Continuous; 5252: Corrosion; 9011: Design (overall design); 5910: Durability; 4383: Ground water; 2952: Layer; 5567: Load; 5483: Movement; 3359: Retaining wall; 4154: Rock; 3369: Sheet pile wall; 4156: Soil; 3657: Stage construction; 9101: Surveillance
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392042
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-85825-208-2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM