THE INFLUENCE OF SOIL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON RETAINING WALL DESIGN ACCORDING TO EUROCODE 7 DESIGN APPROACHES
Assist. Prof .dr. eng. Iulia-Consuela Molnar1 Assist. Prof. .dr. eng. Olimpiu-Cristian Mureșan1 Lecturer .dr. eng. Vasile Farcaș1 MsC. Stud. Eng. Florin Matiș1 1 Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
ABSTRACT
The following paper presents a comparison in designing retaining walls according to Eurocode 7, detailing the result differences obtained by each design approach combination for a number of soils each with its own specific parameters. For each calculation the required height of the retaining wall and the surcharge force is considered the same. Using the MDC software, a number of simulations were ran in order to obtain the most economical dimensions of the structure for each type of soil. As results, the quantity of materials, the foot length of the wall and the coefficients for the most unfavorable action (sliding, overturning, limit state) are detailed. The paper concludes with an overview on the most likely design approach and unfavorable action to cause the worst case scenario in designing retaining walls.
Author: filippo catanzariti
http://www.geostru.eu Filippo Catanzariti (04-06-1969 Calabria, Italy) is an engineer, buisnessman, and computer programmer.
He graduated in civil engineering at the University of Calabria (UNICAL) with a thesis entitled "Programma di calcolo per l’analisi della stabilità dei pendii con metodi numerici avanzati” (Calculation program for the analysis of slope stability with advanced numerical methods).
From 1996-1999 he worked as an analyst and software developer specialized in algorithms and development in the main programming languages: pascal, vb, fortran, visual c ++ and in the web full stack developer.
In 1999 he founded Geostru, the well-known international software company, for which he produced hundreds of software and sophisticated analysis algorithms.
Maturing experience in: advanced mathematical models 2D / 3D and graphics programming with OpenGL and DirectX.
Between 2000-2014 he was co-supervisor of numerous degree theses and author of technical articles published by Ingenium Edizioni.
Between 2014-2019 he published articles in international technical journals and coordinated important university research projects.
Since 2014 he is a member of: AGI, ISRM, ISSMGE, AGI-IGS and certificate of AGS (Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists).
Since 2016 he works as analyst, software developer, consultant for insourcing (SC ENGSOFT) and outsourcig activities for important international companies, in the European Silicon Valley, Cluj Napoca.
