OPTIMISED COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR DESIGN OF REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES ---PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EARTH REINFORCEMENT, FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JAPAN, 5-7 OCTOBER 1988

The overall process of engineering design can be considered as a sequence of problem definition, data acquisition, conceptual design and detailed design. The detailed design stage is usually most time consuming, while the initial stages require most use of engineering judgement. Detailed design is time consuming when it requires repetition of straightforward calculations and presentation of the design to a high standard. In both these areas the computer can offer considerable benefits. The authors set out to examine the overall design process for design of reinforced soil walls in the light of considerable experience of engineering design. A computer program was then written which embodied the entire detailed design process from raw data to presentation of the design. The program is highly versatile and interactive.(a) for the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 818063.

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• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • McCombie, P F
  • BUSH, D I
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 547-51
• Serial:
  • Publication of: AA BALKEMA
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Conferences; Design; Mathematical models; Mechanically stabilized earth; Retaining walls
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487035
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 90-6191-820-0
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM