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SUMMARY:Mobilisable strength design for retaining walls and introduction o
 f software PROWD - Dr Chuhan Deng\, Research Associate\, University of Cam
 bridge\, UK
DTSTART:20211110T190000Z
DTEND:20211110T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Design of retaining walls is typically based on ultimate limit
  state (ULS) calculations to prevent collapse\, with factors of safety use
 d to limit deformations. These factors of safety do not take into account 
 the different rates of strength mobilisation in the wide variety of soils 
 found worldwide. As there is substantial uncertainty in this approach\, co
 nventional design tends to lead to excessive conservatism with associated 
 high cost.\nThis seminar focuses on the development of a performance-based
  design method for propped and cantilever flexible retaining walls in both
  sand and clay\, based on the soil deformation mechanism and earth pressur
 e behaviour mobilised with rigid wall movements. The performance of the de
 sign method is validated by comparison with field and centrifuge case hist
 ories. Furthermore\, this seminar introduces an original software\, Progra
 m of Retaining Wall Design (PROWD)\, which is developed based on the perfo
 rmance-based design method.
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