Earth Retaining Structures
- The course covers retaining wall design using practical applications.
- It includes worked examples and group tutorials for practice.
- Topics include soil pressure, wall stability, and earth pressures.
- Design aspects of gravity and embedded walls are explored.
- The course is interactive with practical exercises and group discussions.
Overview
This one-day course delves into the background of retaining walls, referencing relevant Codes of Practice like BS8004, BS8002, and EC7. Through slides and hardware demonstrations, practical applications are illustrated. Worked examples in the notes and group tutorials allow for hands-on practice. The course covers topics such as the form and function of retaining walls, soil pressure concepts, earth pressures, and design requirements for various types of walls. It emphasizes a learner-centered approach with practical exercises and group discussions.
Who should attend
Engineers, Designers, Architects
Course Content
Course duration: 1 Day
Cost: £295 + VAT
The course considers the background to a topic with reference to relevant Codes of Practice (BS8004/BS8002/EC7 etc). Slides and hardware are used to illustrate practical applications. There are worked examples in the notes and tutorials for group practice.
Course Outline:
Form and function of retaining walls, introduction to design codes wide base mass and gravity walls embedded walls basic concepts of soil pressure soil bearing capacity, wall stability.
Earth pressures nature and properties of soils as they relate to earth pressures Mohr’s circle for active and passive pressures variation in soil pressures applied to a wall.
Gravity walls – design anatomy of mass and flexural gravity walls application in common forms of structure free standing walls basements bridge abutments design requirements for reinforced concrete elements.
Embedded walls types of embedded wall design parameters for cantilever and anchored walls methods of design – active and passive pressure regimes.
The course will be run in a learner centred, participative manner, with a number of practical exercises and group discussions.
