SOFTWARE ASSISTS IN DESIGN OF HIGHEST EUROPEAN GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED WALL

ReSlope design software was used to design a 28 m (92 ft) geogrid-reinforced retaining wall constructed in Spain: the highest such wall to be built in Europe. The wall creates the level ground necessary to build a four-lane highway on a very steep slope between an existing railway at its toe and a state road near its peak. The wall is faced with vegetated gabions that provide additional stability and an attractive appearance. The site is located on the new Madrid-La Coruna motorway in Ponferrada in Northwest Spain. The retaining wall was completed in the fall of 1998.

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  Industrial Fabrics Association International

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• Authors:
  • JAECKLIN, F P
• Publication Date: 1999-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 40-43
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Fabrics Report
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Industrial Fabrics Association International
  • ISSN: 0882-4983

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Computer programs; Drainage; Gabions; Geosynthetics; Highways; Material reinforcement; Mechanically stabilized earth; Retaining walls; Slopes; Software packages; Structural design
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00763575
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1999 12:00AM