BEHAVIOUR OF A PROPPED EMBEDDED RETAINING WALL IN A STIFF CLAY AT BELL COMMON TUNNEL

Extensive instrumentation has been installed at Bell Common tunnel to monitor the performance of a propped embedded retaining wall and the behaviour of the stiff clay in which it has been constructed. Earth and porewater pressures, ground and wall movements, and roof loading have been monitored during the construction period. The deformations and stresses measured at each stage of construction are presented and the performance of the wall is discussed. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • TEDD, P
  • CHARD, B M
  • CHARLES, J A
  • SYMONS, I F
• Publication Date: 1984-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 513-532
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Angularity; Cast in place concrete; Clay; Cut and cover tunneling; Deflection; Deformation; Earth pressure; Instrumentation; Loads; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Monitoring; Performance; Pore water pressures; Retaining walls; Roofs; Seismicity; Stresses; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Support piles; Tunneling; Tunnels; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Angles; Structural behavior
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 6427: Angle; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 4781: Cast in situ concrete; 4177: Clay; 3395: Cut and cover; 5586: Deflection; 5595: Deformation; 6136: Measurement; 3399: Pile; 5762: Pore water pressure; 3359: Retaining wall; 5575: Stress (in material); 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395099
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM