Earth Retaining Structures
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The official GTU curriculum for Earth Retaining Structures (subject code 3724315) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 30 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3724315)Unit 1 Earth pressure
- Types - at rest
- Rankine's theory
- Backfill features - soil type
- surface inclination
- loads on surface
- soil layers
- water level
- Coulomb's theory
- Effects due to wall friction and wall inclination
- Graphical methods
- Earthquake effects
- Lateral pressure due to compaction
- strain softening
- wall flexibility
- drainage arrangement and its influence
Unit 2 Reinforced earth retaining wall
- concepts and mechanism of reinforced earth
- design consideration of reinforced earth
- materials used in reinforced earth- Geotextile
- Metal strips
- facing elements
Unit 3 Sheet pile wall
- Analysis of cantilevered and anchored sheet pile walls in granular & cohesive soils- fixed and free earth system
Unit 4 Bulkheads
- bulkheads with free and fixed earth supports
- equivalent beam method
- anchorage of bulkheads and resistance of anchor walls
- spacing between bulkheads and anchor walls
- resistance of anchor plates
Unit 5 Braced excavation
- construction methods
- pressure distribution in sands and clays
- stability - bottom heave
- ground deformation. 08 Subject Code 37243115 w.e.f
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