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Cheung, Kwong-chung. "Reinforced earth wall design & construction in northern access road for Cyberport Development /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3676288X.
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Cheung, Kwong-chung, and 張光中. "Reinforced earth wall design & construction in northern access road for Cyberport Development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014279.
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McLeod, Christina Helen. "Investigation into cracking in reinforced concrete water-retaining structures." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80207.
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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.Durability and impermeability in a water-retaining structure are of prime importance if the structure is to fulfill its function over its design life. In addition, serviceability cracking tends to govern the design of water retaining structures. This research concentrates on load-induced cracking specifically that due to pure bending and to direct tension in South African reinforced concrete water retaining structures (WRS). As a South African design code for WRS does not exist at present, South African designers tend to use the British codes in the design of reinforced concrete water-retaining structures. However, with the release of the Eurocodes, the British codes have been withdrawn, creating the need for a South African code of practice for water-retaining structures. In updating the South African structural design codes, there is a move towards adopting the Eurocodes so that the South African design codes are compatible with their Eurocode counterparts. The Eurocode crack model to EN1992 (2004) was examined and compared to the corresponding British standard, BS8007 (1989). A reliability study was undertaken as the performance of the EN1992 crack model applied to South African conditions is not known. The issues of the influence of the crack width limit and model uncertainty were identified as being of importance in the reliability crack model.
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Stoffberg, Francis W. "Evaluation of incipient motion criteria for rock in Reno mattresses and rip rap." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3004.
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Thesis (MScEng (Civil Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.There has always been some debate in the past about the most effective and economical type of revetment to be used to combat or prevent erosion in rivers and channels. Some of the most common materials used for these mitigation measures are gabions, Reno mattresses and rip rap. A study done by the Colorado State University (CSU, 1984), comprised hydraulic tests of Reno mattresses used as a channel bed revetment. The result were compared with those of rip rap. This thesis mainly deals with the evaluation of incipient motion conditions for rock used in Reno mattresses and as rip rap. In this thesis the results of the CSU study and the design criteria of Maccaferri are evaluated and compared with the result obtained when applying the stream power theory and the Shields' theory with respect to incipient motion. This thesis includes the theory with respsect to incipient motion conditions, background to the CSU study and comparisons of the results of the CSU study and Maccaferri's design criteria with theoretical calculations. A cost comparison of Reno mattresses and rip rap as channel bed revetment measures, as well as conclusions and recommendations with regard to the design and use of these options, are also included. The frame of reference for this thesis is the set of CSU test results. The calibrations achieved, proposals made and accuracy of conclusions thus depend on those results.
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Barrows, Richard James. "Two Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Swift Delta Soil Nail Wall by "ABAQUS"." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4741.
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Soil nail walls are a form of mechanical earth stabilization for cut situations. They consist of the introduction of passive inclusions (nails) into soil cut lifts. These nailed lifts are then tied together with a structural facing (usually shotcrete) . The wall lifts are constructed incrementally from the top of cut down. Soil nail walls are being recognized as having potential for large cost savings over other alternatives. The increasing need to provide high capacity roadways in restricted rights of way under structures such as bridges will require increasing use of techniques such as combined soil nail and piling walls. The Swift Delta Soil Nail wall required installing nails between some of the existing pipe piling on the Oregon Slough Bridge. This raised questions of whether the piling would undergo internal stress changes due to the nail wall construction. Thus, it was considered necessary to understand the soil nail wall structure interaction in relation to the existing pile supported abutment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Swift Delta Wall using finite element (FE) modeling techniques. Valuable data were available from the instrumentation of the swift Delta Wall. These data were compared with the results of the FE modeling. This study attempts to answer the following two questions: 1. Is there potential for the introduction of new bending stresses to the existing piling? 2. Is the soil nail wall system influenced by the presence of the piling? A general purpose FE code called ABAQUS was used to perform both linear and non-linear analyses. The analyses showed that the piling definitely underwent some stress changes. In addition they also indicated that piling influence resulted in lower nail stresses. Comparison of measured data to predicted behavior showed good agreement in wall face deflection but inconsistent agreement in nail stresses. This demonstrated the difficulty of modeling a soil nail due to the many variables resulting from nail installation.
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Hoque, Md Zaydul Carleton University Dissertation Engineering Civil. "Seismic response of retaining walls." Ottawa, 1992.
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Kang, Beongjoon. "Framework for design of geosynthetic reinforced segmental retaining walls." Thesis, University of Delaware, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3613014.
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This thesis is concerned with a design-oriented formulation of reinforced Segmental Retaining Wall (SRW) structures. The formulation follows the concept of the safety map used in slope stability analysis. It calculates the minimum tensile force requirement along each reinforcement layer by utilizing limit equilibrium method with log spiral surface. In the formulation, the force in the reinforcement at each location produces a limit equilibrium state. It considers the pullout capacity of each reinforcement layer. Consequently, the required distribution of tensile force along each layer is produced rendering a baseline solution for design. The calculated tensile force distribution considers the required force and pullout resistance of all other layers. Hence, it produces an optimized system where failure is equally likely to occur at any point within the reinforced soil mass. The developed framework enables one to decide the required strength of the connection between the reinforcement and the facing. Extensive parametric studies were carried out to evaluate the effect of the each component comprising the system. The parametric studies consider the wall geometry, the quality of backfill, the length and spacing of reinforcement, the effects of intermediate layers, the pullout resistance, the coverage ratio, the toe resistance, and the impact of seismic loading. Verification of the analytical framework was conducted through comparison with some records of full-scale and centrifuge experiments. Design implications are presented through some examples.
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Terrade, Benjamin. "Evaluation structurale des murs de soutènement en maçonnerie." Thesis, Paris Est, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PESC1203/document.
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Partout où la pierre est facilement disponible, on trouve des constructions en maçonnerie de pierre. Suivant les coutumes et les usages, les blocs de pierres sont assemblés bruts, simplement ébauchés ou parfaitement taillés, avec ou sans l'ajout d'un liant. Supplantée par le béton dans les constructions neuves depuis le milieu du XX} siècle, les ouvrages en maçonnerie demeurent majoritaires dans le patrimoine bâti français, un patrimoine qu'il convient d'entretenir rationnellement. L'objectif de ce travail de thèse est de poursuivre l'élaboration d'un cadre scientifique rigoureux et opérationnel afin de donner aux décideurs et aux gestionnaires les outils nécessaires pour mener à bien leur mission. Nous proposons ici deux outils d'évaluation de la stabilité d'ouvrages de soutènement en maçonnerie basés sur l'utilisation conjointe du calcul à la rupture avec des méthodes d'homogénéisation. Dans un premier temps, nous mettons d'abord au point un outil analytique permettant de dimensionner des ouvrages neufs ou d'évaluer la stabilité d'ouvrages peu déformés. Cet outil permet également de dimensionner des solutions de renforcement par clouage lorsque cela est jugé nécessaire. Dans un deuxième temps, nous implémentons cet outil dans un code numérique afin de lui donner la souplesse nécessaire à l'étude d'ouvrages non-conventionnels, de grandes taille ou fortement pathologique. Enfin, nous mettons en oeuvre plusieurs campagnes expérimentales qui nous fournissent les données nécessaires à la validation de ces modèles de calculWherever stone is readily available, we encounter stone masonry buildings. Depending on customs or dedicated use, the blocks are used raw, lightly faced or perfectly cut, with or without the use of mortar. Althougth concrete has replaced masonry in new construction for some decades, the better part of the French built heritage is made of masonry, an heritage we are responsible for. This works aims at contributing to create a reliable scientific frame for that purpose. This thesis uses the yield design theory alongside with homogenisation techniques to study the stability of stone masonry earth retaining walls. First, we provide an analytical tool suitable for designing new structures or assessing the stability of existing ones that are still in good shape. Should it be needed, this tools allows for the design of a strengthening solution based on soil-nailing. Then, we implement it in a finite element code to give it the versatility required to study unconventionnal structures or structures badly damaged. We then present several experimental campaigns aiming at validating the proposed tools
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Chau, Kwok-wing. "Knowledge-based system for analysis and design of liquid retaining structures /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2001. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16248.pdf.
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Khlif, Jamel. "Construction d'un logiciel éléments finis : contribution à la modélisation numérique des sols et calcul d'ouvrages de génie civil." Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994GRE10071.
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La situation actuelle est liee a l'extension des constructions sur sols de mediocres consistance et au besoin de rechercher les solutions les plus economiques. On a donc ete amene a etudier avec le plus de precision possible les differents facteurs entrant dans la realisation des ouvrages de genie civil. Si les caracteristiques des structures jouent un role important dans ces etudes, c'est essentiellement sur le comportement du sol que les differentes etudes sont generalement portees. Ceci bien evidement, depuis le debut de la phase constructive jusqu'a la fin des travaux. La methode dite aux elements finis qui presente l'avantage de modeliser le comportement du sol, depuis le chargement elastique initial jusqu'a la phase d'ecoulement plastique finale prend une place constamment grandissante dans ce domaine de science de l'ingenieur. C'est precisement dans ce contexte que notre travail s'est inscrit. Pour cela, nous avons construit un logiciel de calculs par elements finis quartiques, utilisant un solveur programme a partir d'un nouveau procede. Base sur une gestion dynamique de la memoire, notre procede a permis une utilisation realiste de l'outil micro-informatique pour les ouvrages calcules: mur de soutenement, fondation superficielle et essai pressiometrique. Cet apport constitue avec le modele de comportement mck implante l'aspect nouveau et original du travail. Cette rheologie type elastoplastique a deux mecanismes d'ecrouissage (un en compression et un en cisaillement) utilise des parametres de nature exclusivement physique communement connus par les praticiens geotechniciens
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Mansour, Eman M. S. "Swell Pressures and Retaining Wall Design in Expansıve Soils." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1323536478.
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Castellanos, Bernardo A. "Internal Design of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Retaining Walls Using Crimped Bars." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/580.
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Current design codes of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls allow the use lower lateral earth pressure coefficient (K value) for designing geosynthetics walls than those used to design steel walls. The reason of this is because geosynthetics walls are less rigid permitting the wall to deform enough to work under active pressures instead of at rest pressures as in steel walls. A new concept of crimped steel bars was recently introduced. This new type of bar was tested for tension and pullout behavior. Results on tests made on crimped bars show that putting those crimps in the steel bar will give us a better pullout behavior and a more flexible tensile behavior. This new type of steel bar will behave more like geosynthetics, allowing the wall to deform sufficiently to reach the necessary deflection to reach the active condition. The use of steel by current design codes is pushing MSE walls to be designed with more steel than needed. Measurements of the force in different walls showed that the steel is not being used even close to the maximum stress allowed by the code which is 50%. The proposed design methodology using crimped bars will help us save around 52% of steel volume compared to the actual design procedures. This means a huge improvement in the usage of steel versus actual designs. This improvement is obtained because of the efficient behavior of rounded bars under corrosion and because of the flexibility in the bars obtained with the crimps that will allow us to reach the active condition.
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Halverson, Jarid Lane Zech Wesley C. "Use of a small-scale erosion control model in the design of silt fence tiebacks." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Spring/master's/HALVERSON_JARID_51.pdf.
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Abele, Nathan Daniel. "A Field Study of Construction Deformations in a Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall." Connect to Online Resource-OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etd/etdc/view?accnum=toledo1165597471.
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Thesis (M.S.C.E.)--University of Toledo, 2006.Typescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Civil Engineering." Bibliography: leaves 53-55.
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D'Amanda, Kevin J. "Computer aided design of soldier pile and lagging retaining walls with tieback anchors." Thesis, Springfield, Virginia: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28054.
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Woods, Richard Ian. "The application of finite element analysis to the design of embedded retaining walls." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402896.
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Ertugrul, Ozgur Lutfi. "Influence Of Deformable Geofoam Bufers On The Static And Dynamic Behaviors Of Cantilever Retaining Walls." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613734/index.pdf.
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Static and dynamic interaction mechanism of the retained soil-compressible geofoam buffer and yielding retaining structures requires further investigation. The present study, initiated on this motive, discusses the results of 1-g physical model tests and numerical analyses of cantilever retaining walls with and without deformable geofoam buffers between the wall and cohesionless granular backfill. 0.7m high walls with various wall thicknesses were utilized in the physical modeling. Dynamic tests were carried out by using a laminar container placed on a uni-axial shaking table.
Influence of buffer thickness, geofoam type and wall flexibility as well as base excitation characteristics on the lateral earth pressures and flexural wall deflections were under concern. Outcomes of the analyses performed with FLAC-2D (v6.0) finite difference code were validated against the results of the physical model tests. It was observed that the arching effect induced in the retained soil by the lateral compression of the lower half of the geofoam buffer has a positive effect, as this zone is able to absorb a portion of the total unbalanced lateral force exerted by the backfill thus causing a reduction in the static and seismic lateral wall pressures.
Relative thickness and stiffness of the geofoam buffer appear to be the most dominant factors affecting the reduction in earth thrust. Lateral earth pressure coefficients determined from physical model tests were compared with those calculated using methods available in the literature. Good agreement was observed between the predictions. Graphs were provided to estimate the static and dynamic lateral earth pressure coefficients for various combinations of wall stiffness and buffer characteristics.
Analysis of a 6m high prototype cantilever wall subjected to an excitation recorded in August 17, 1999 Kocaeli earthquake by finite difference method exhibited the contribution of geofoam buffers on seismic performance of cantilever earth retaining walls. It was observed that the presence of an EPS geofoam inclusion provides a reduction of the permanent flexural wall deflections as well as total seismic thrust likely to be experienced by the wall during an earthquake.
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Yildiz, Ersan. "A Numerical Study On The Dynamic Behaviour Of Gravity And Cantilever Retaining Walls With Granular Backfill." Phd thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608145/index.pdf.
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Dynamic behaviour of gravity and cantilever retaining walls is investigated by finite element method, incorporating the nonlinear elasto-plastic material properties of soil and seperation of the wall and backfill. Two dimensional finite
element models are developed employing the finite element software ANSYS. The wall is modelled to rest on a soil layer allowing translational and rotational movements of the wall. Soil-wall systems are subjected to harmonic and real earthquake motions with different magnitude and frequency characteristics at the base. The maximum lateral force and its application point durinG dynamic loading are determined for each case. It is observed that the frequency content of the base motion has a significant influence on the dynamic lateral soil pressures and the lateral forces considerably increase as the base motion frequency approaches the fundamental frequency of the soil layer. The maximum lateral thrusts calculated by finite element analyses are generally found to be greater than those suggested by Mononobe-Okabe method and experimental findings. Nevertheless, the locations of the application point obtained by finite element method are found to be in good agreement with the results of experimental studies.
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Lim, Chim Chai. "Analysis, design, and construction of tilt-up wall panel." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45801.
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The idea of tilt-up construction started in America in the early I900’s. In the beginning, this technique was mainly used on structures such as industrial warehouses and factories. However, recent developments and improvements in tilt-up construction technique and accessories have enabled this building method to be applied to many architecturally appealing offices and residential structures.
There are many details the design-build team must consider to ensure the success of a tilt-up project. The floor slab must be designed for panel casting and to withstand the loading of the mobile crane which will be used to lift the panel. The crane capacity affects the panel size and weight. Proper curing and bondbreaker application are very important to reduce bonding and to ensure clear cleavage between concrete surfaces. Changing rigging configuration consumes expensive crane time and must be reduced to minimum possible. The availability of ground-release quick connect/disconnect tilt—up hardware improves workers safety and speeds up the erection process substantially.
Although the stress analysis of simple wall panels during erection can be done by hand, panels with more complicated geometry or with openings, are more efficiently analysed with a computer. Many manufacturers have technical services to help in the design of insert layout so that the concrete will not be over stressed when the panel is tilted into position. After the panel is plumbed, it is braced temporarily before the final connection is made. For in-place loading there are now design aids available which ease the design process. When properly designed and built, tilt—up has proved to be a fast, efficient, and economical building construction technique.Master of Science
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Camann, Kevin Robert. "Design and Performance of Load Bearing Shear Walls Made from Composite Rice Straw Blocks." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/218.
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Although rice straw and other grains have been used in building since pre-history, in the past two decades, there has been a move to utilize this rapidly renewable, locally available, agricultural byproduct as part of the sustainable construction movement. Up to this point, this has been done by simply stacking up the full straw bales. Stak Block, invented by Oryzatech, Inc., is a modular, interlocking block made of a composite of rice straw and binding agent that serves as an evolution in straw construction. This study investigates the feasibility of using these Stak Blocks as a structural system. The report was divided into four main parts: material testing, development of effective construction detailing, full-scale physical shear wall testing, and a comparison with wood framed shear walls.
The first section investigated the feasibility of using the Stak Blocks in a load-bearing wall application. Constitutive properties of the composite straw material such as yield strength and elastic stiffness were determined and then compared to conventional straw bale. Next, the decision was made to prestress the walls to create a more effective structural system. Various construction detailing iterations were evaluated upon the full-scale shear wall testing using a pseudo-static cyclic loading protocol. Finally, the available ductility of the prestressed Stak Block walls in a lateral force resisting application is quantified along with an approximation of potential design shear forces.
It was determined that the Stak Block material performed satisfactorily in gravity and lateral force resisting applications, in some respects better than conventional wood-framed construction, and has great potential as a seismically-resistant building material.
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Khalil, Ahmed Amir Ghobarah Ahmed. "Rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structural walls using fibre composites /." *McMaster only, 2005.
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Riley, Benjamin. "Concrete living walls." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE2027/document.
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Bâtir de villes face à la surpopulation tout en prenant en compte les changements climatiques, demandera de faire appel à des solutions concrètes pour répondre aux besoins sanitaires, sécuritaires et biophiliques de leurs habitants. Le but de cette thèse est d'évaluer la possibilité d'avoir un système de mur vivant qui soit durable, écologiquement juste, non limité par la localisation et la typologie du bâtiment et plus abordable que les systèmes actuellement disponibles. L'hypothèse de cette thèse est le béton, en raison de sa durabilité, son coût et son ubiquité, a le potential pour être utilisé comme un moyen de croissance pour la vie végétale et qu'il s'agit actuellement du matériau le plus réaliste pour étendre la portée de la nature dans le milieu urbain.La thèse est pluridisciplinaire et il faudra combiner les connaissances des sciences de la botanique et des matériaux, connaissances qui seront appréhendées au travers d'un prisme architectural. Ce point de vue influencera la trajectoire de la conception future du système, par exemple pour déterminer si le système pourrait être structurel et utilisé pour l'intérieur et l'extérieur des bâtiments bas, moyens et hauts, ou encore quelles ambiance architecturales et urbaines il est susceptible de créer. Cette thèse de doctorat déterminera la faisabilité des systèmes de murs vivants en béton et, si elle est validée, fournira la base pour des solutions durables de murs vivants en bétonCities facing overpopulation amid shifting climates will require practicable solutions to meet the biophilic, health, and safety needs of city dwellers. The goal of this thesis is to determine the possibility of having a living wall system which is durable, environmentally sustainable, unlimited by location and building typology, and more affordable than currently available systems. The hypothesis of this thesis is that concrete,due to its durability, cost, and ubiquity, is capable of being used as a growing medium for plant life and is currently the most realistic material choice to significantly extend nature’s reach into the urban milieu. The thesis is multi-disciplinary and combines botany and material science, but architecture is the lens throughwhich the inter-disciplinary work is validated. This architectural lens will influence the trajectory of future system design, e.g., in determining if the system would have the potential of being structural and used for the interiors and exteriors of low, mid, and high-rise buildings. This doctoral thesis would determine the feasibility of concrete living wall systems and if validated provide the foundation for sustainable concrete living wall solutions
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Reperant, Jefferey John Robert. "Studies of turbulent liquid sheets for protecting IFE reactor chamber first walls." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/18921.
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Burroughs, Van Stephan School of the Built Environment UNSW. "Quantitative criteria for the selection and stabilisation of soils for rammed earth wall construction." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of the Built Environment, 2001. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17861.
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Modern building procedures and requirements demand that the selection and stabilisation of soils for the purposes of rammed earth construction be better quantified. This study examines the relationships between soil properties, stabiliser treatments, and stabilised strength and density for 111 soil samples taken from sites in New South Wales (Australia), and develops new quantitative criteria for soil assessment, selection, and stabilisation. Laboratory measurements of soil particle size distribution, plasticity, and shrinkage were made for each soil. Various quantities from 0-6 % of lime, cement, and asphalt were added to the soil samples, and the resulting 230 specimens were compacted, and cured for 28 days. Determinations were made of the optimum moisture content, maximum dry density, and compressive strength of the stabilised material. The samples showed stabilised strengths ranging from 1.0-5.4 MPa, with a mean of 2.62 MPa, and densities from 1.44-2.21 t/m3, with a mean of 1.86 t/m3. The results show that over 90 % of the variation in stabilised strength and density of the samples is due to variation in soil properties, with differences in stabiliser type or stabiliser quantity being relatively minor. The most important soil properties explaining stabilised strength are linear shrinkage and plasticity index. These properties have been used to categorise the soils into three groups on the basis of their suitability for stabilisation as measured against a compressive strength criterion of 2 MPa. Favourable soils have shrinkages of < 7.1 % and plasticities of < 16 %, and 90 % of these samples passed the 2 MPa criterion. Satisfactory soils have shrinkages of 7.1-13.0 % and plasticities of 16-30 %, and 65 % of these samples had strengths in excess of 2 MPa. Unfavourable soils have shrinkages of > 13 % and plasticities of > 30 %, and only 10 % of these samples exceeded the 2 MPa value. Soils in the favourable and satisfactory categories can be further discriminated using textural information. On that basis, all soils classified as favourable, and those classified as satisfactory and which also have sand contents < 60 %, are recommended as being suitable for stabilisation. Soils not fulfilling these criteria are unlikely to be successfully stabilised and should be rejected. These results stress the importance of selecting a soil favourably predisposed to stabilisation. Field techniques to search for such soils could be refined on the basis of the new soil criteria presented. Use of the criteria should also minimise unnecessary laboratory testing of the density and strength of soils that subsequently prove unsuitable for stabilisation. A flow chart is presented to guide practitioners through the different stages of soil testing, assessment, and rammed earth stabilisation.
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Garth, John Stuart. "Experimental Investigation of Lateral Cyclic Behavior of Wood-Based Screen-Grid Insulated Concrete Form Walls." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1857.
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Insulated concrete forms (ICFs) are green building components that are primarily used for residential wall construction. Unlike most polystyrene based ICF variants, the Faswall ICFs used in these experiments were significantly denser because they were made from recycled wood particles and cement. The current design approach for structures constructed with this type of wall form only allows the designer to consider the contribution of the reinforced concrete cores. Previous research has shown that this approach may be conservative. This project experimentally evaluated the lateral structural response of these types of grid ICF walls under increasing amplitude of in-plane cyclic loading. Two different height-to-length (aspect) ratios (approximately 2:1 and 1:1) were investigated, as was the effect of simultaneous gravity load. Furthermore, the reinforced concrete grid was exposed for each aspect ratio in order to examine the contribution of the ICF blocks to the lateral response. Analyses of hysteretic behaviors and failure modes indicated conservatism in the current design approach for estimating lateral strength and ignoring the beneficial contribution of the ICF blocks to overall performance. The presence of the wall forms increased the lateral shear capacity of the walls by an average of 42% (compared to the walls with forms removed), while also increasing the deformation capacity by an average of 102%. Furthermore, by considering an additional gravity load of 10 kips-per-lineal-foot (klf), the shear resistance of the walls increased by 32% (versus walls only subjected to self-weight), on average, and the deformation capacity of the walls increased by an average of 19%. Comparisons of the experimental results to several design equations led to the recommendation of a design equation that was previously accepted for another type of ICF system.
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Spathelf, Christian Alexander. "Assessment of the behaviour factor for the seismic design of reinforced concrete structural walls according to SANS 10160 : part 4." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/2039.
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McBride, William M. "The effect of wing wall geometry and well deck configuration on the stability characteristics of amphibious landing ship dock (LSD) class ships." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101234.
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Amphibious ships, configured with floodable well decks, present a unique challenge to the Ship Design Team to incorporate maximum troop, cargo and vehicle capacity, along with sufficient well deck size, to facilitate efficient operation of LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) and other amphibious assault craft in support of power projection operations. Analysis of the various LSD 49 Class alternative designs, revealed significant variance in the stability limits for each design. These variations appeared to be directly attributable to wing wall size, as well as to the geometry of the well deck. In order to better understand the effect of these items, and to develop guidelines for future design efforts, this study concentrated on evaluating the stability limitations for various combinations of beam, well deck configuration, and wing wall size using an LSD 49 Class proposed hull form. The results indicated that the most significant parameter affecting the stability of the LSD 49 Class is the height of the well deck above the baseline. The higher the well deck, the smaller the loss of waterplane inertia caused by the entrance of flooding water into the well deck compartment. For lower well decks, the loss of waterplane inertia is more critical at smaller values of beam, but becomes less critical at the upper values of beam considered. In these cases, off-center wing wall flooding becomes more critical, and it is more advantageous to devote larger percentages of beam to the well deck compartment.M.S.
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Van, der Merwe Johann Eduard. "Rocking shear wall foundations in regions of moderate seismicity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1957.
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Thesis (MScEng (Civil Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In regions of moderate seismicity it has been shown that a suitable structural system is created when designing the shear wall with a plastic hinge zone at the lower part of the wall, with the shear walls resisting lateral loads and all other structural elements designed to resist gravity loads. A suitably stiff foundation is required for the assumption of plastic hinge zones to hold true. This foundation should have limited rotation and should remain elastic when lateral loads are applied to the structure. Ensuring a foundation with a greater capacity than the shear wall results in excessively large shear wall foundations being required in areas of moderate seismicity for buildings with no basement level. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of reducing the size of shear wall foundations in areas of moderate seismicity for buildings with no basement level. The investigation is aimed at allowing shear wall foundation rocking and taking into account the contribution of structural frames to the lateral stiffness of the structure. An example building was chosen to investigate this possibility. Firstly, lateral force-displacement capacities were determined for a shear wall and an internal reinforced concrete frame of this investigated building. Nonlinear momentrotation behaviour was determined for the wall foundation size that would traditionally be required as well as for six other smaller foundations. The above capacity curves against lateral loads were then used to compile a simplified model of the structural systems assumed to contribute to the lateral stiffness of the building. This simplified model therefore combined the effect of the shear wall, internal frame and wall foundation. Nonlinear time-history analyses were performed on this simplified model to investigate the dynamic response of the structure with different wall foundation sizes. By assessing response results on a global and local scale, it was observed that significantly smaller shear wall foundations are possible when allowing foundation rocking and taking into account the contribution of other structural elements to the lateral stiffness of the building.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar is reeds getoon dat ʼn voldoende strukturele sisteem verkry word in gebiede van gematigde seismiese risiko indien ʼn skuifmuur ontwerp word met ʼn plastiese skarnier sone naby die ondersteuning van die muur. Skuifmure word dan ontwerp om weerstand te bied teen laterale kragte met alle ander strukturele elemente ontwerp om gravitasie kragte te weerstaan. Vir die aanname van plastiese skarnier sones om geldig te wees word ʼn fondasie met voldoende styfheid benodig. Só ʼn fondasie moet beperkte rotasie toelaat en moet elasties bly wanneer laterale kragte aan die struktuur aangewend word. ʼn Fondasie met ʼn groter kapasiteit as dié van die skuifmuur lei daartoe dat uitermate groot fondasies benodig word in gebiede van gematigde seismiese risiko vir geboue met geen kelder vlak. Hierdie studie is daarop gemik om die moontlikheid van kleiner skuifmuur fondasies te ondersoek vir geboue met geen kelder vlak in gebiede van gematigde seismiese risiko. Die ondersoek het ten doel om skuifmuur fondasie wieg aksie toe te laat en die bydrae van strukturele rame tot die laterale styfheid van die struktuur in ag te neem. Eerstens is die laterale krag-verplasing kapasiteit van ʼn skuifmuur en ʼn interne gewapende beton raam van die gekose gebou bepaal. Nie-lineêre moment-rotasie gedrag is bepaal vir die skuifmuur fondasie grootte wat tradisioneel benodig sou word asook vir ses ander kleiner fondasie grotes. Die bogenoemde kapasiteit kurwes is gebruik om ʼn vereenvoudigde model van die strukturele sisteme wat aanvaar word om laterale styfheid tot die gebou te verleen, op te stel. Hierdie vereenvoudigde model kombineer gevolglik die effek van die skuifmuur, interne raam en skuifmuur fondasie. Nie-lineêre tydgeskiedenis analises is uitgevoer op die vereenvoudigde model ten einde die dinamiese reaksie van die struktuur te ondersoek vir verskillende fondasie grotes. Resultate is beoordeel op ʼn globale en lokale vlak. Daar is waargeneem dat aansienlik kleiner skuifmuur fondasies moontlik is deur wieg aksie van die fondasie toe te laat en die bydrae van ander strukturele elemente tot die laterale styfheid van die gebou in ag te neem.
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Le, Roux Rudolf Cornelis. "Assessment of seismic drift of structural walls designed according to SANS 10160 - Part 4." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5282.
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Thesis (MScEng (Civil Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reinforced concrete structures, designed according to proper capacity design guidelines, can deform inelastically without loss of strength. Therefore, such structures need not be designed for full elastic seismic demand, but could be designed for a reduced demand. In codified design procedures this reduced demand is obtained by dividing the full elastic seismic demand by a code-defined behaviour factor. There is however not any consensus in the international community regarding the appropriate value to be assigned to the behaviour factor. This is evident in the wide range of behaviour factor values specified by international design codes. The purpose of this study is to assess the seismic drift of reinforced concrete structural walls in order to evaluate the current value of the behaviour factor prescribed by SANS 10160-4 (2009). This is done by comparing displacement demand to displacement capacity for a series of structural walls. Displacement demand is calculated according to equivalency principles (equal displacement principle and equal energy principle) and verified by means of a series of inelastic time history analyses (ITHA). In the application of the equivalency rules the fundamental periods of the structural walls were based on cracked sectional stiffness from moment-curvature analyses. Displacement capacity is defined by seismic design codes in terms of inter storey drift limits, with the purpose of preventing non-structural damage in building structures. In this study both the displacement demand and displacement capacity were converted to ductility to enable comparison. The first step in seismic force-based design is the estimation of the fundamental period of the structure. The influence of this first crucial step is investigated in this study by considering two period estimation methods. Firstly, the fundamental period may be calculated from an equation provided by the design code which depends on the height of the building. This equation is known to overestimate acceleration demand, and underestimate displacement demand. The second period estimation method involves an iterative procedure where the stiffness of the structure is based on the cracked sectional stiffness obtained from moment-curvature analysis. This method provides a more realistic estimate of the fundamental period of structures, but due to its iterative nature it is not often applied in design practice. It was found that, regardless of the design method, the current behaviour factor value prescribed in SANS 10160-4 (2010) is adequate to ensure that inter storey drift of structural walls would not exceed code-defined drift limits. Negligible difference between the equivalency principles and ITHA was observed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gewapende beton strukture wat ontwerp is volgens goeie kapasiteitsontwerp-riglyne kan plasties vervorm sonder verlies aan sterkte. Gevolglik hoef hierdie strukture nie vir die volle elastiese seismiese aanvraag ontwerp te word nie, maar kan vir 'n verminderde aanvraag ontwerp word. In gekodifiseerde ontwerpriglyne word so 'n verminderde aanvraag verkry deur die volle elastiese aanvraag te deel deur 'n kode-gedefinieerde gedragsfaktor. Wat egter duidelik blyk uit die wye reeks van gedragsfaktor waardes in internasionale ontwerp kodes, is dat daar geen konsensus bestaan in die internasionale gemeenskap met betrekking tot die geskikte waarde van die gedragsfaktor nie. Die doel van hierdie studie is om seismiese verplasing van gewapende beton skuifmure te evalueer ten einde die waarde van die gedragsfaktor wat tans deur SANS 10160-4 (2009) voorgeskryf word te assesseer. Dit word gedoen deur verplasingsaanvraag te vergelyk met verplasingskapasiteit. In hierdie studie word verplasingsaanvraag bereken deur middel van gelykheidsbeginsels (gelyke verplasingsbeginsel en gelyke energiebeginsel) en bevestig deur middel van nie-elastiese tydsgeskiedenis analises (NTGA). Die effek van versagting as gevolg van nie-elastiese gedrag word in aanmerking geneem in die toepassing van die gelykheidsbeginsels. Verplasingskapasiteit word deur seismiese ontwerpkodes gedefinieer deur perke te stel op die relatiewe laterale beweging tussen verdiepings, met die doel om nie-strukturele skade te verhoed. Om verplasingsaanvraag en -kapasiteit te vergelyk in hierdie studie, word beide omgeskakel na verplasingsduktiliteit. Die eerste stap in kraggebaseerde seismiese ontwerp is om die fundamentele periode te beraam. Die invloed van hierdie eerste kritiese stap word in hierdie studie aangespreek deur twee periodeberamingsmetodes te ondersoek. Eerstens kan die fundamentele periode bereken word deur 'n vergelyking wat 'n funksie is van die hoogte van die gebou. Dit is egter algemeen bekend dat hierdie vergelyking versnellingsaanvraag oorskat en verplasingsaanvraag onderskat. Die tweede metode behels 'n iteratiewe prosedure waar die styfheid van die struktuur gebaseer word op die gekraakte snit eienskappe, verkry vanaf 'n moment-krommingsanalise. 'n Beter beraming van die fundamentele periode word verkry deur hierdie metode, maar as gevolg van die iteratiewe aard van die metode word dit selde toegepas in ontwerppraktyk. Die resultate van hierdie studie toon dat die huidige waarde van die gedragfaktor soos voorgeskryf in SANS 10160-4 (2010) geskik is om te verseker dat die relatiewe laterale beweging tussen verdiepings binne kode-gedefinieerde perke sal bly. Onbeduidende verskil is waargeneem tussen die resultate van gelykheidsbeginsels en NTGA.
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Ozyer, Hafize Bilge. "Construction Process And Techniques Of Traditional Houses In Tarakli/sakarya: An Introductory Model For Web-based Gis Applications." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610187/index.pdf.
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Historic towns and historic buildings are important witnesses of the past cultures and
civilizations. Their sustainability and transfer to the next generations require
continuous maintenance and repair interventions which should be compatible with
their original construction techniques, details and materials. In order to define proper
interventions to a historic building, it is necessary to understand how and from what
it is built. Therefore, traditional construction materials, detailings and techniques
should be well understood prior to any kind of intervention to a historic building. The
objective of this study is, first of all, to provide a body of knowledge on traditional
construction process and techniquesthen, to store, structure, process, represent and share this knowledge in a systematic and controlled way by means of a web based GIS portal. In this respect, traditional timber framed houses of Tarakli in Sakarya has been chosen as the case study, on account of being one of the significant historical towns in our country where the tissue together with historical building is still conserved. For this study, among the applications of GIS technology, Web-based GIS has been determined as the most effective and functional tool in order to develop an online information portal for storing, displaying the collected raw data and sharing with other users as utilizable information.
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Yuksel, Bahadir S. "Experimental Investigation Of The Seismic Behavior Of Panel Buildings." Phd thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1070309/index.pdf.
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Shear-wall dominant multi-story reinforced concrete structures, constructed by using a special tunnel form technique are commonly built in countries facing a substantial seismic risk, such as Chile, Japan, Italy and Turkey. In 1999, two severe urban earthquakes struck Kocaeli and Düzce provinces in Turkey with magnitudes (Mw) 7.4 and 7.1, respectively. These catastrophes caused substantial structural damage, casualties and loss of lives. In the aftermath of these destructive earthquakes, neither demolished nor damaged shear-wall dominant buildings constructed by tunnel form techniques were reported. In spite of their high resistance to earthquake excitations, current seismic code provisions including the Uniform Building Code and the Turkish Seismic Code present limited information for their design criteria. This study presents experimental investigation of the panel unit having H-geometry. To investigate the seismic behavior of panel buildings, two prototype test specimens which have H wall design were tested at the Structural Mechanics Laboratory at METU. The experimental work involves the testing of two four-story, 1/5-scale reinforced concrete panel form building test specimens under lateral reversed loading, simulating the seismic forces and free vibration tests. Free vibration tests before and after cracking were done to assess the differences between the dynamic properties of uncracked and cracked test specimens. A moment-curvature program named Waller2002 for shear walls is developed to include the effects of steel strain hardening, confinement of concrete and tension strength of concrete. The moment-curvature relationships of panel form test specimens showed that walls with very low longitudinal steel ratios exhibit a brittle flexural failure with very little energy absorption. Shear walls of panel form test specimens have a reinforcement ratio of 0.0015 in the longitudinal and vertical directions. Under gradually increasing reversed lateral loading, the test specimens reached ultimate strength, as soon as the concrete cracked, followed by yielding and then rupturing of the longitudinal steel. The displacement ductility of the panel form test specimens was found to be very low. Thus, the occurrence of rupture of the longitudinal steel, as also observed in analytical studies, has been experimentally verified. Strength, stiffness, energy dissipation and story drifts of the test specimens were examined by evaluating the test results.
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Sengun, Dogan Banu Nur. "An Investigation On The Performance Of Aluminium Panel Curtain Wall System In Relation To The Facade Tests." Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615435/index.pdf.
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Extruded aluminium has become the material of choice for building envelope owing to its lightness, wide range of possibilities for profile design, durability and the eco-friendly attitude. In the light of recent technological developments in metal and glass industries, there has been various new approaches towards aluminum curtain wall systems which are mostly preferred by architects in high-rise buildings. Herein, the panel curtain wall system is determined as innovative and the modern aluminium curtain wall system. Furthermore, in the recent prestigious high-rise buildings, the demand of the architects and the contractors begins to replace the conventional curtain wall system which is constructed via stick construction technique, with panel curtain wall system which is applied to the building in a modular form . The main aim of this study is to investigate why the panel curtain wall system comes to the forefront especially for high-rise buildings. Accordingly, the basic architectural, structural and constructional design principles of unitized aluminium curtain wall systems are defined, analyzed and then the advantages and disadvantages of this system are pointed out from an architectural point of view.
In order to evaluate the performance of panel curtain wall system against environmental factors, the facade tests, which are new and still-developing methods in Turkey, are used. The extensive facade tests have been conducted on full-scale specimen under field conditions reproduced in an equipped test chamber by authorized facade testing company and the assessment of this curtain wall performance was provided accordance with related standards. The two story full-size specimen, was 3000 mm to 7600 mm, belongs to one of the prestigious office towers constructed in Istanbul. The facade tests conducted to the specimen include watertightness, air permeability, wind resistance and building movement tests.
In this study, the performance criteria of panel curtain wall system were investigated not only against environmental factors but also against human sourced factors. It is expected that this study will provide a guideline for system designers on the future research and development phase and for architects on the selection of curtain wall systems for their buildings due to the conducted test results and other advantages taken throughout this study.
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Birol, Kemal Ozgen. "Design And Analysis Of Energy Saving Buildings Using The Software Energy Plus." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614653/index.pdf.
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Being the major energy consumer of electricity and natural gas, buildings consume more than 70% of electricity and 30% of natural gas. On the way to green buildings and zero energy buildings, investigation and improvement of energy efficiency of the buildings will result in significant reductions in energy
demands and CO2 emissionsmake cost savings and improve thermal comfort as well. Key steps of a successful green, energy efficient building can be summarized as whole building design, site design, building envelope design, lighting and day lighting design and HVAC system design. Energy Plus®
software is mainly developed to simulate the performance of the buildings in the view of the above listed points. The design of a building or the analysis of an existing building with the software will show how efficient the building is or will be, and also helps finding the best efficient choice of the whole building system. Thesis focuses on the effect of changes in building envelope properties. In Turkey, topic of green buildings has recently started to be studied. Therefore, this thesis aims to present efficient technologies providing energy savings in buildings, to present green building concept and alternative energy simulation software. In the context of this study, design, methods and material guidelines are introduced to reduce energy needs of buildings and to bring in the green building design concept. Building and system parameters to enhance building energy efficiency and energy savings together with green building principles are summarized. Moreover, whole building energy analysis methods and simulation steps are explained
year-round simulation is performed for a sample building
as a result, energy savings about 36% is achieved.
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Chalita, Ana Cristina Catai. "Estrutura de um projeto para produção de alvenarias de vedação com enfoque na construtibilidade e aumento de eficiência na produção." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-20082010-153656/.
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O trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar a estrutura de um projeto para produção de alvenarias de vedação com enfoque na construtibilidade e aumento da eficiência na produção e ainda ilustrar a estrutura proposta por meio de exemplos reais de implantação de projetos para produção de alvenarias de vedação. Inicialmente discorre-se sobre as características da indústria da construção civil e as ações que têm sido tomadas rumo à sua industrialização. São apresentados os conceitos de processos construtivos tradicionais, processos construtivos racionalizados, processos construtivos industrializados, inovações incrementais, processos de produção, sistemas de produção e construtibilidade. Aborda-se ainda a inserção dos projetos para produção no ciclo de vida do empreendimento e sua importância como integrador do sistema de produção. Adicionalmente é apresentado o escopo desejável para o projeto para produção, destacando-se sua potencialidade como ferramenta indutora da vantagem competitiva das construtoras e é elaborada uma nova definição para projeto para produção. A partir da análise crítica dos projetos para produção de alvenarias de vedação disponíveis no mercado, complementada pela experiência desta autora e pela revisão bibliográfica realizada, são identificadas oportunidades de melhoria e é feita a proposta de uma estrutura de um projeto para produção de alvenarias de vedação com enfoque na construtibilidade e aumento da eficiência na produção. Conclui-se com a análise do atendimento aos objetivos propostos, a influência e as dificuldades previstas na implantação de projetos para produção de alvenarias de vedação em empresas construtoras.This dissertation presents a structure of design for production of partition walls approaching constructability and increase of efficiency in production. The proposed structure is illustrated by means of real examples. The construction industry characteristics are described as well as the actions of the construction community in order to develop its actual stage of industrialization. The main concepts related to building production systems as rationalization, industrialization, project-based production systems, construction technology development, buildability and constructability are presented. The concept of an integrated design of product and process provided by the early insertion of the design for production in the development of new projects is discussed pointing out its importance as a production system integrator. Additionally, the desirable scope of design for production of partition walls is presented, indicating its potentiality as an inductive tool for providing competitive advantage for constructors. A new definition for design for production is proposed. A critical analysis of the current design for production of partition walls, available in the Brazilian building construction market, based on a review of the literature, on the professional experience of this author and on case studies experience leads to the definition of the proposed structure.
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Manneschi, Karen. "Escopo de projeto para produção de vedações verticais e revestimentos de fachada." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-03042012-083157/.
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No Brasil, a inserção do projeto para produção de vedações verticais e revestimentos de fachada nas empresas de construção civil gerou métodos de trabalho com melhorias significativas no desenvolvimento e na racionalização dos processos de construção civil. Essas melhorias influenciaram tanto o desempenho quanto as vantagens competitivas para as empresas contratantes. Os projetos para produção, além de oferecer excelentes informações para a tomada de decisões táticas e estratégicas para gerentes e coordenadores de projeto, geram também dados importantes para a equipe de produção, tornando-se uma ferramenta essencial para assegurar a compatibilidade e racionalização construtivas. Alguns pesquisadores têm demonstrado a importância dos projetos para a produção na indústria da construção civil ao propor diretrizes de projeto ou diretrizes técnicas para que esses projetos sejam desenvolvidos. No entanto, nenhum trabalho abordou o escopo essencial que esses projetos devam possuir, nem tampouco em que fase de desenvolvimento cada atividade deve ser elaborada. Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo elaborar uma proposição de escopos de projetos para produção de vedações verticais e revestimentos de fachada e analisar criticamente as mudanças introduzidas nas práticas do planejamento do processo do projeto de cada empresa participante da pesquisa, de maneira a proporcionar referências e documentações que norteiem tanto a que tecnologia construtiva quanto processo de projeto e o planejamento do mesmo na construção civil brasileira.In Brazil, the incorporation of design for the production of partition walls and facade coverings into construction companies has generated working methods with significant improvements in the construction development and rationalization processes. These improvements affected both the performance and the competitive advantages for companies contractor. The design for production, besides offering excellent information support to enable the design managers to make strategic decisions, also generates important data for the production team, becoming an essential tool for achieving compatibility and rationalization in construction. Some researchers have demonstrated the relevance of production design in the construction industry; however, the content of those designs did not received sufficient attention from academics and professionals. This research aims to describe the elaboration scopes process of the production of partition walls and facade coverings and analyzing the changes made in the practices of the design process of each participating company, from manuals scopes of projects developed in attempt to provide references and documentation that directs the construction technology, the design process and also the planning of it in the Brazilian civil construction.
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Buyukkilic, Salih Gokhan. "An Appraisal Of Structural Glass Wall Systems With Emphasis On Spider Fitting Details." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1004662/index.pdf.
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The technological and innovational developments in steel and glass industries has enabled designers to create completely transparent façades. Building faç
ade articulations designed to attain maximum transparency, have thus been executed with the contribution of elegant steel supporting systems, having heavy load bearing capacities, by minimizing the dimensions of structural systems. The aim of this study was to define, analyze and evaluate the accumulated knowledge on structural glass wall systems in general, with particular emphasis on those that may be denoted as &
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glass fitting elements for potential applications, to formulate a design guide for professional designers. Hence, the primary elements of the system
the support structure, glass, glass connection joints and the other secondary elements have been evaluated within the architectural context. In the second part of the study, glass connection fitting elements were examined. Additionally the products developed by the manufacturing firms and commonly used in various projects were evaluated. Thereafter, whole document, data, photos of the spider fittings were combined in a spider fitting selection table, prepared and created by the author, which describes the types of spider fittings in detail. Finally, technical adequacy, experience, level of organization and workmanship within the context of Turkey, to evaluate the level of knowledge, were studied. In this regard, the glass wall facade the Akman Condomunium Business Center-Medicorium building, constructed with local materials and local manufacturing companies, was examined and compared with the Boeing Headquarters building in USA, which was constructed with a similair glass wall facade system.
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Bayram, Ayca. "Energy Performance Of Double-skin Facades In Intelligent Office Buildings: A Case Study In Germany." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/107830/index.pdf.
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The building industry makes up a considerable fraction of world’
s energy consumption. The adverse effects of a growing energy demand such as depletion in fossil fuel reserves and natural resources hassled the building industry to a search for new technologies that result in less energy consumption together with the maximum utilization of natural resources. Energy- and ecology-conscious European countries incorporated the well-being of occupants while conducting research on innovative technologies. In view of the fact that double-skin faç
ades offer a healthy and comfortable milieu for the occupants and use natural resources hence consume less energy they became a promising invention for all concerns. The analysis of the performance of the double-skin faç
ades and energy consumption is inconclusive at this time. However, based upon thermal performance analysis have been done so far, a double-skin faç
ade perform better and provide some energy reduction, particularly on the heating side cycle, from a standard double glazed unit wall. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between double-skin faç
ades and building management systems in intelligent office buildings as they relate to energy efficiency issues thus to find out whether or not the integration of these systems into intelligent buildings provides optimization in energy performance and comfort conditions. The building for the case study, which is an intelligent office building incorporating a double-skin faç
ade was selected as one that promises high comfort conditions for the occupants with low energy consumption. The working principles of integrated faç
ade systems, together with their advantages and disadvantages were investigated by means of the case study. It was concluded that due to their high initial costs, these systems offer no real advantages for today. However with the inevitable exhaustion of fossil fuels that is foreseen for the future, these systems would become an innovative solution in terms of energy conservation.
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Novák, Martin. "Stavebně technologický projekt ZŠ Otevřená, Brno - Žebětín." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227003.
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The constructive – technological project of elementary school in town district Brno – Žebětín, contains the technical report, the assessment of the wider transport relations, the time and financial plan of buildings, technological project of the site equipment, the main construction machines and mechanisms, the technological prescription for the underground construction, the inspection and test plan for the underground construction, the calculation of buildings for the objects, the safety report and the contract for work.
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Baštová, Veronika. "Stavebně technologický projekt terasového bytového domu v Brně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225670.
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The project deals with building technological study of the new building apartment house in Brno. Dimensions of the apartment building are 29.2 m x 57.2 m with shape of a rectangle. The apartment house is designed terraced in five floors as a brick structure of the ceramic blocks. Ceilings and construction in contact with the ground is reinforced concrete. In groundfloor are located garages, other floors are designed as residential. The project deals with technological processes of bottom building, time and financial demands of construction.
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Monfors, Lisa, and Corinne Morell. "Byggnadsutformning för ett framtida varmare klimat : Klimatscenariers påverkan på energianvändning och termisk komfort i ett flerbostadshus och alternativa byggnadsutformningar för att förbättra resultatet." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-79953.
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När byggnader projekteras används klimatfiler från 1981-2010 för att dimensionera konstruktionen och energisystemet. Detta leder till att byggnader dimensioneras för ett klimat som varit och inte ett framtida klimat. SMHI har tagit fram olika klimatscenarier för framtiden som beskriver möjliga utvecklingar klimatet kan ta beroende på fortsatt utsläpp av växthusgaser. Dessa scenarier kallas för RCP (Representative Concentration Pathways). I denna studie används två olika klimatscenarier, RCP4,5 och RCP8,5. Siffran i namnet står för den strålningsdriving som förväntas uppnås år 2100. I RCP4,5 kommer medelårstemperaturen öka med 3 °C fram till år 2100 jämfört med referensperioden 1961-1990. För samma tidsperiod sker en ökning på 5 °C enligt RCP8,5. Ett flerbostadshus certifierad enligt Miljöbyggnad 2.2 nivå silver placerat i Vallentuna i Stockholms län används i denna studie som referensbyggnad. Byggnaden simuleras i programmet IDA ICE där den utsätts för RCP4,5 och RCP8,5. Resultatet visar att byggnaden inte skulle klara av kraven för Miljöbyggnad 2.2 gällande termiskt klimat sommar i något av de två klimatscenarierna. De operativa temperaturerna blir för höga i byggnaden utan att tillsätta komfortkyla. Byggnaden ändras för att se vilka faktorer som kan förbättra resultatet gällande det termiska klimatet. Resultatet visar att värmelagringsförmåga hos byggmaterial och solavskärmning har störst påverkan på det termiska klimatet. I studien gjordes flertal olika kombinationer av byggnadsutformningar. Enbart kombinationen av en tung stomme av betong tillsammans med fönster med lägre g-värde klarar kraven för Miljöbyggnad 2.2 i RCP4,5 och RCP8,5 utan komfortkyla. Kombinationen får lägst energianvändning i RCP8,5 av de olika kombinationerna som testats i studien. En kombination av tung stomme av KL-trä med lågt U-värde, fönster med lägre g-värde och komfortkyla får lägst energianvändning i grundklimatet och RCP4,5 av de olika kombinationerna som testats i studien trots användningen av komfortkyla. Frågan om vilket alternativ som är bäst ur ett hållbarhetsperspektiv är svårt att svara på. Det finns många aspekter som behöver tas i hänsyn till som byggnadens totala klimatavtryck både i tillverkning och användning. Oavsett val av konstruktion är det viktigt att projektera för att komfortkyla och solavskärmning skall kunna appliceras när ett varmare klimat råder.When buildings are designed climate files from 1981 to 2010 are used to construct the building and its energy system. This leads to building being designed to a climate that has been and not to a future warmer climate that will come. SMHI has developed different climate scenarios for the future that describe different paths the climate can take depending on continued emissions of greenhouse gas. This climate scenarios are called RCP (Representative Concentration Pathways) In this study two of the climate scenarios, RCP4,5 and RCP8,5 are used. The number in the name stands for the radiation forcing that is expected in the year 2100. In RCP4,5 the mean average air temperature will increase with 3 °C until year 2100 compared to the reference period 1961-1990. In the same time period RCP8,5 will increase with 5 °C. An apartment building certified according to Miljöbyggnad 2.2 level silver placed in Vallentuna, Stockholms län is used as a reference building. The building is simulated through the simulation software program IDA ICE where it´s exposed to RCP4,5 and RCP8,5. The results demonstrate that the reference building would not meet Miljöbyggnad 2.2 requirement in the indicator about thermal comfort during summer. The operative temperature in the building is too high unless comfort cooling is used. The design of the building changes to see what factors can improve the results regarding the thermal comfort. The results demonstrate that thermal conductivity and solar shading has the greatest impact on thermal comfort. In this study several combinations of different building designs were made. Only the combination of a concrete frame with windows with low g-value met the requirement of Miljöbyggnad 2.2 regarding the thermal comfort during summer without using comfort cooling in RCP4,5 and RCP8,5. The combination had the lowest energy demand in RCP8,5 of all the combinations tested in the study. A combination of cross laminated wood frame with low U-value, windows with low g-value and comfort cooling had the lowest energy demand in the original climate file and RCP4,5 despite the use of comfort cooling. The questing about which building construction is the best from a sustainable perspective is difficult to answer. To answer that question the building´s total climate footprint in both production and use must be calculated. Regardless of the choice of building construction it is important to have in mind when designing a building that comfort cooling and solar shading should be easily applied when a warmer climate will prevail.
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Krmaš, Jan. "Hospic sv. Michaela." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226675.
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The topic of the master thesis is new medico-social facility hospice St. Michaela. The purpose of the object is the maximizing of improvement in the quality of life of dying, severely ill and incurable patients, with the use of palliative care. The construction follows the Complex of Regional Hospital Náchod. Together with as a retirement home Náchod completes a support network of health and social care. The building is designed as a four-building storey and is partially embedded into the sloping terrain. Floors are divided into individual facilities and together constitute a functional unit. In the basement is the technical room, warehouses, garages and kitchen facilities. On the ground floor are then socio-public rooms and facilities. On the second floor is located hedmaster of hospice and accommodation area. The third floor is devoted to the accommodation area. The proposed structure made of brick longitudinal system, supplemented by concrete basement walls. The horizontal structure is made of filigree ceiling panels. Stairs are designed as a precast concrete and steel. Individual roof structures is made from unwalkable, walkable and vegetation compositions. The cladding consists of ventilated facade of glass and wooden panels. Foundations are designed from the lineal foundation.
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Viyanant, Chirayus. "Potential use of recycled asphalt pavement and crushed concrete as backfill for mechanically stabilized earth walls." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2945.
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侯鵬暉. "Design and Construction of NCTU KA Model Retaining Wall." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83322428597212180305.
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碩士國立交通大學
土木工程系所
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This paper presents experimental data of earth pressure acting against a vertical rigid wall, which moved outward a mass of dry sand with a stress-free horizontal surface under translation wall-movement. To investigate the variation of earth pressure induced by compaction and active wall movement, the instrumented KA model retaining wall facility was designed and constructed at National Chiao Tung University. Based on experimental data, the following conclusions can be drawn. 1. The earth pressure induced by compaction vanished rapidly with the active wall movement. An active state of stress is reached at the wall movement of S/H = 0.0010. 2. The distribution of active earth pressure is slightly higher than Coulomb’s solution at the upper one-third of wall height, approximately in agreement with Coulomb’s solution in the middle one-third, and lower than Coulomb’s solution at the lower one-third of wall surface. Stresses that was locked-in the soil element has been released with the lateral extension of the active soil wedge. 3. The horizontal earth presure coefficient Kh decreases with increasing wall movement and finally a constant total thrust is reached. The active condition occurred at the wall movement of approximately S/H= 0.001. 4. The experimental Ka,h values are in good agreement with Coulomb and Rankine’s prediction. 5. The active thrust is located at about 0.55H above the base of the wall. 6. The active coefficient values obtained with compacted dense sand from this study are in fairly good agreement with Coulomb and Rankine’s prediction. 7. The Rankine theory is suitable to predict the location of surface crack for active failure. Keywords: compaction, earth pressure, model test, retaining wall, sand
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Tzung-Jung, Hsieh, and 謝宗榮. "Fully Nonlinear Analysis and Design Principle of Flexible Retaining Walls." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61680863318207660658.
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Basha, B. Munwar. "Optimum Design Of Retaining Structures Under Static And Seismic Loading : A Reliability Based Approach." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/914.
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Design of retaining structures depends upon the load which is transferred from backfill soil as well as external loads and also the resisting capacity of the structure. The traditional safety factor approach of the design of retaining structures does not address the variability of soils and loads. The properties of backfill soil are inherently variable and influence the design decisions considerably. A rational procedure for the design of retaining structures needs to explicitly consider variability, as they may cause significant changes in the performance and stability assessment. Reliability based design enables identification and separation of different variabilities in loading and resistance and recommends reliability indices to ensure the margin of safety based on probability theory. Detailed studies in this area are limited and the work presented in the dissertation on the Optimum design of retaining structures under static and seismic conditions: A reliability based approach is an attempt in this direction.
This thesis contains ten chapters including Chapter 1 which provides a general introduction regarding the contents of the thesis and Chapter 2 presents a detailed review of literature regarding static and seismic design of retaining structures and highlights the importance of consideration of variability in the optimum design and leads to scope of the investigation. Targeted stability is formulated as optimization problem in the framework of target reliability based design optimization (TRBDO) and presented in Chapter 3. In Chapter 4, TRBDO approach for cantilever sheet pile walls and anchored cantilever sheet pile walls penetrating sandy and clayey soils is developed. Design penetration depth and section modulus for the various anchor pulls are obtained considering the failure criteria (rotational, sliding, and flexural failure modes) as well as variability in the back fill soil properties, soil-steel pile interface friction angle, depth of the water table, total depth of embedment, yield strength of steel, section modulus of sheet pile and anchor pull. The stability of reinforced concrete gravity, cantilever and L-shaped retaining walls in static conditions is examined in the context of reliability based design optimization and results are presented in Chapter 5 considering failure modes viz. overturning, sliding, eccentricity, bearing, shear and moment failures in the base slab and stem of wall. Optimum wall proportions are proposed for different coefficients of variation of friction angle of the backfill soil and cohesion of the foundation soil corresponding to different values of component as well as lower bounds of system reliability indices.
Chapter 6 presents an approach to obtain seismic passive resistance behind gravity walls using composite curved rupture surface considering limit equilibrium method of analysis with the pseudo-dynamic approach. The study is extended to obtain the rotational and sliding displacements of gravity retaining walls under passive condition when subjected to sinusoidal nature of earthquake loading. Chapter 7 focuses on the reliability based design of gravity retaining wall when subjected to passive condition during earthquakes. Reliability analysis is performed for two modes of failure namely rotation of the wall about its heel and sliding of the wall on its base are considering variabilities associated with characteristics of earthquake ground motions, geometric proportions of wall, backfill soil and foundation soil properties. The studies reported in Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 present a method to evaluate reliability for external as well as internal stability of reinforced soil structures (RSS) using reliability based design optimization in the framework of pseudo static and pseudo dynamic methods respectively. The optimum length of reinforcement needed to maintain the stability against four modes of failure (sliding, overturning, eccentricity and bearing) by taking into account the variabilities associated with the properties of reinforced backfill, retained backfill, foundation soil, tensile strength and length of the geosynthetic reinforcement by targeting various component and system reliability indices is computed. Finally, Chapter 10 contains the important conclusions, along with scope for further work in the area. It is hoped that the methodology and conclusions presented in this study will be beneficial to the geotechnical engineering community in particular and society as a whole.
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Kim, Kang. "Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Retaining Walls." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-754.
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Millions of square feet of mechanically stabilized earth retaining wall are constructed
annually in the United States. When used in highway fill applications in conjunction with
bridges, these MSE walls are typically constructed with a roadside barrier system supported
on the edge of the wall. This barrier system generally consists of a traffic barrier or bridge rail
placed on a continuous footing or structural slab. The footing is intended to reduce the
influence of barrier impact loads on the retaining wall system by distributing the load over a
wide area and to provide stability for the barrier against sliding or overturning. The proper
design of the roadside barrier, the structural slab, and the MSE wall system requires a good
understanding of relevant failure modes, how barrier impact loads are transferred into the wall
system, and the magnitude and distribution of these loads.
In this study, a procedure is developed that provides guidance for designing: 1. the
barrier-moment slab, 2. the wall reinforcement, and 3. the wall panels. These design
guidelines are developed in terms of AASHTO LRFD procedures. The research approach
consisted of engineering analyses, finite element analyses, static load tests, full-scale dynamic
impact tests, and a full-scale vehicle crash test. It was concluded that a 44.5 kN (10 kips)
equivalent static load is appropriate for the stability design of the barrier-moment slab system.
This will result in much more economical design than systems developed using the 240 kN
(54 kips) load that some user agencies are using. Design loads for the wall reinforcement and
wall panels are also presented.
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Wei, Ta-Tsang, and 魏大倉. "Design concerns of Earth Pressures on Rigid Retaining Walls with limited fill space." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47727312363051701566.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
營建工程所
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Regarding to the design and analysis of retaining wall, the tradition earth pressure theory is used most of the time, by not taking the change of active earth pressure into account while the hard layer of earth is behind the retaining wall. However, Taiwan is an island with more than two of third area covering by hills and mountains. Limited by such nature environment,the retaining wall without any bounds behind is a rarely condition. But to build and design a retaining wall by the analysis of active earth pressure in the assumption of hard layer of earth , it would be too conservative and not economically and has negative effects on the cost of building project. This research is an analysis about the change of active earth pressure,coefficient, join forces some function change situation of status. Of various types of movement of the rigid body retaining wall in limited backfilled in the factors of different angle of toppling and distance. It is analyzed by the program of PLAXIS in the data assumption with limited factors. Meanwhile, the outcome is used in the analysis of the stabilization of retaining wall. It is to gain the correspondent graph which can be a useful tool to know the earth pressure of the rigid body retaining wall by different factors of backfilling easily and rapidly.
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HUANG, BING. "NUMERICAL STUDY AND LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN (LRFD) CALIBRATION FOR REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5407.
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Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) (often called limit states design (LSD)) has been mandated in the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications and will be adopted in future editions of Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code for all transportation-related structures including reinforced soil retaining walls. The ultimate objective of this thesis work was to carry out reliability-based analysis for load and resistance factor design calibration for rupture and pullout limit states for steel and geosynthetic reinforced soil walls under self-weight and permanent surcharge loading conditions. In order to meet this objective it was necessary to generate large databases of measured load and resistance data from many sources and in some cases to propose new design models that improve the accuracy of underlying deterministic load and resistance models. Numerical models were also developed to model reinforced soil wall performance. These models were used to investigate load prediction accuracy of current analytical reinforcement load models. An important feature of the calibration method adopted in this study is the use of bias statistics to account for prediction accuracy of the underlying deterministic models for load and resistance calculations, random variability in input parameter values, spatial variation and quality of data. In this thesis, bias is defined as the ratio of measured to predicted value. The most important end product of the work described in this thesis is tabulated resistance factors for rupture and pullout limit states for the internal stability of steel and geosynthetic reinforced soil walls. These factors are developed for geosynthetic reinforced soil wall design using the current AASHTO Simplified Method, a new modified Simplified Method, and the recently proposed K-Stiffness Method. Useful quantitative comparisons are made between these three methods by introducing the concept of computed operational factors of safety. This allows designers to quantify the actual margin of safety using different design approaches.
The thesis format is paper-based. Ten of the chapters are comprised of journal papers that have been published (2), are in press (2), in review (3) and the remaining (3) to be submitted once the earlier background papers are accepted.Thesis (Ph.D, Civil Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2010-01-28 18:07:22.284
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Huang, Chen-Cheng, and 黃丈展. "A Study on the Design of Retaining walls and Braces of Deep Excavations in Gravel." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36332398902466029491.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
營建工程系碩士班
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To investigate the mechanical behavior of the retaining column in the gravel formation a good deal of previous researches, references about deep excavations was collected, which comprised calculated experiences on mechanical parameters, such as the equivalent stiffness of retaining column, EI, and the coefficient of horizontal subgrade reaction, kh were summarized in this study. Numerical software for the deep excavation, TORSA, was employed to rate the parameters for a case of the deep excavation within Taichung basin. Analysis results indicated that, when the equivalent stiffness of retaining column, EI, that is suggested by Chu et al. was employed, the coefficient of horizontal subgrade reaction kh=6200t/m
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Κίτσης, Βασίλειος. "Ακλόνητοι τοίχοι εδαφικής αντιστήριξης : Συσχέτιση σεισμικών εδαφικών ωθήσεων και αδρανειακών δυνάμεων τοίχου." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10889/7782.
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Κατά τον αντισεισμικό σχεδιασμό δύσκαμπτων και ογκωδών κατασκευών εδαφικής αντιστήριξης (π.χ. τοίχοι αντιστήριξης από σκυρόδεμα) οι δράσεις που λαμβάνονται υπόψη κατά τις αναλύσεις ευστάθειας περιλαμβάνουν την στατική και δυναμική εδαφική ώθηση καθώς και την αδρανειακή δύναμη του τοίχου. Οι τρέχουσες μέθοδοι σχεδιασμού (ψευδοστατική, μετακινήσεων) θεωρούν ότι οι δύο ανωτέρω δράσεις ενεργούν συγχρονισμένα, δηλαδή οι μέγιστες τιμές τους ασκούνται ταυτόχρονα στην κατασκευή αντιστήριξης. Εν τούτοις αποτελέσματα πρόσφατων πειραματικών και υπολογιστικών διερευνήσεων υποδεικνύουν ότι (τουλάχιστον στην περίπτωση των ευμετακίνητων κατασκευών αντιστήριξης) αναπτύσσεται σημαντική διαφορά φάσης μεταξύ των δύο δράσεων (ασύγχρονη δράση). Αυτό έχει ως αποτέλεσμα να προκύπτει ιδιαίτερα συντηρητικός σχεδιασμός της κατασκευής αντιστήριξης όταν γίνεται δεκτό ότι τα μέγιστα των δύο δράσεων συμπίπτουν χρονικά (σύγχρονη δράση).
Στην παρούσα Διατριβή διερευνάται με παραμετρικές αριθμητικές αναλύσεις η ορθότητα της παραδοχής της σύγχρονης δράσης στην περίπτωση των ακλόνητων κατασκευών εδαφικής αντιστήριξης. Χρησιμοποιείται η μέθοδος των πεπερασμένων στοιχείων (χρήση κώδικα πεπερασμένων στοιχείων PLAXIS) για την προσομοίωση ακλόνητων τοίχων αντιστήριξης από σκυρόδεμα που συγκρατούν μη-συνεκτικό επίχωμα με ελαστοπλαστική σχέση τάσεων-παραμορφώσεων (και κριτήριο αστοχίας Mohr-Coulomb) και υποβάλλονται σε οριζόντια ταλάντωση (είτε αρμονική κίνηση είτε καταγεγραμμένη χρονοϊστορία σεισμικών γεγονότων). Οι παραμετρικές αναλύσεις περιλαμβάνουν τη μεταβολή: α) της σχετικής πυκνότητας του επιχώματος (χαλαρή, μετρίως πυκνή και πυκνή κατάσταση), β) της έντασης της επιβαλλόμενης οριζόντιας ταλάντωσης (0.05g έως 0.7g) και γ) του ύψους του τοίχου (4.0m και 7.5m).
Τα αποτελέσματα των αναλύσεων χρησιμοποιούνται κατ’ αρχήν για τον προσδιορισμό της στατικής κατανομής και του μεγέθους των εδαφικών ωθήσεων στον τοίχο. Στη συνέχεια υπολογίζεται, η διαφορά φάσης μεταξύ της αδρανειακής δύναμης του τοίχου και της εδαφικής ώθησης, καθώς και του αντίστοιχου ποσοστού της μέγιστης τιμής της δυναμικής εδαφικής ώθησης που ασκείται κατά τη χρονική στιγμή της μεγιστοποίησης της αδρανειακής δύναμης του τοίχου. Οι αναλύσεις υποδεικνύουν ότι η στατική κατανομή των ωθήσεων είναι τριγωνική με τον συντελεστή πλευρικών ωθήσεων να προκύπτει, περίπου, ίσος με Κ0. Κάτω από συνθήκες δυναμικής φόρτισης το ποσοστό της δυναμικής ώθησης προκύπτει πολύ υψηλό (80% έως 90%) – κυρίως για μετρίως πυκνό και πυκνό εδαφικό επίχωμα – ανεξάρτητα από την ένταση της φόρτισης σε αντίθεση με τις πολύ χαμηλές τιμές (δηλαδή ασύγχρονη δράση) που έχουν προκύψει από αντίστοιχη διερεύνηση για την περίπτωση των ευμετακίνητων τοίχων αντιστήριξης. Ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέρουσα είναι η παρατήρηση ότι για μικρές τιμές της έντασης της δυναμικής φόρτισης (≤ 0.2g) η συμπεριφορά του υψηλού τοίχου (7.5m) προκύπτει διαφοροποιημένη σε σχέση με αυτή του τοίχου των 4.0m: το ποσοστό της σεισμικής ώθησης είναι πολύ μειωμένο (20% έως 40%), ιδιαίτερα στην περίπτωση των πολύ χαλαρών επιχωμάτων. Παρατηρείται επίσης ικανοποιητική συμφωνία της προκύπτουσας τιμής της εδαφικής ώθησης με αυτή από τη σχέση του Wood(1973) και της αναλυτικής λύσης των Kloukinas et al.(2012). Ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον παρουσιάζει η τροποποιημένη κατανομή των εδαφικών ωθήσεων καθ’ ύψος του τοίχου, οι οποίες προκύπτουν αυξημένες στο ανώτερο τμήμα του.
Συμπεραίνεται ότι στην περίπτωση του σχεδιασμού των ακλόνητων τοίχων με μετρίως πυκνό και πυκνό επίχωμα η δράση της δυναμικής εδαφικής ώθησης είναι εύλογο και δικαιολογημένο να θεωρείται σύγχρονη με την αδρανειακή δύναμη του τοίχου.--