STABILITY OF RETAINING WALLS AGAINST OVERTURNING. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a technical note with the aforementioned title by V.R. Greco, published in this journal (Volume 123, Number 8, August 1997), is presented. The discusser affirms the author's use of Equation 3 as a means of evaluating cantilever wall stability against overturning, but concludes that the application of Equation 2 may not only affect the safety factor against overturning, but also the factor of safety against bearing capacity, because of its dependency on the location of the resultant force. Discussion is followed by closure from the author.

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• Authors:
  • Ghaly, A M
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 228-229
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 125
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Cantilevers; Mathematical analysis; Overturning; Retaining walls; Safety factors; Stability analysis; Structural analysis; Thrust
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762748
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: BCS-9157083, 88-1 GT, MSS-9018249
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1999 12:00AM