TER-VOILE RETAINING WORKS

The TER-VOILE concept is a process for building retaining walls. A thin shell structure provides stability through the high level of interdependence between the mass to be retained and the structural elements. The basic structural element is the thin membrane. It is a spatial, U-shaped cell that opens towards the backfill. This unit can be made from curved or straight corrugated steel sheet, mesh, or from a sheet-mesh combination. The combination of several membranes and their backfill constitutes the retaining wall. The formation of arches on the horizontal plane within the membrane creates the soil-structure interdependence that makes the TER-VOILE structure a single monolithic mass.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1242, Innovative Earth-Retaining Systems .Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Curt, Valerian
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 22-28
• Monograph Title: Innovative earth-retaining systems
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1242
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrugated metals; Earth pressure; Retaining walls; Shells (Structural forms); Soil structure interaction; Stability (Mechanics); Structural design; Thinness; Wire mesh
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495465
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309049598
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM