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ABSTRACT
This article presents the different calculation methods for active and passive earth pressures, and associated displacements, modified according to the recently published Eurocode 7 rules. Importantly, this article follows upon the C244, which deals more precisely with strengths of retaining walls and structures
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Thomas SIMONNOT : Manager ACCOTEC (Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
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Yann JUILLIÉ : Expert to the Paris Court of Appeal (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) - First version by François SCHLOSSER
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this article is to determine the thrust and abutment forces as a function of the geometry of the screens or retaining wall and the soil mass selected, the mechanical characteristics of the soil and the relative displacements of the wall with respect to the soil.
The article presents the thrust and stop coefficients, their calculation methods (Mohr-Coulomb, Rankine, and limit equilibria) and compares them.
These methods are developed for different types of soil (coherent or powdery), with calculation examples.
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KEYWORDS
retaining wall | building | Civil engineering | road construction
Retaining walls – Active and passive earth pressure
Definition of thrust and abutment forces
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