A Comparison of Predicted Brace Loads in Temporary Retaining Structures and Observed Brace Loads in Two Full Scale Test Sections

This thesis presents analyses of the results of a geotechnical instrumentation program performed by Eustis Engineering Company for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) during the construction of two covered canals in New Orleans, Louisiana. At each site, a cast-in-place concrete culvert was constructed within a sheeted and braced excavation. Information provided by Eustis Engineering Company to the USACE is presented describing the existing soil conditions, the construction schedule, the geotechnical testing apparatus and instrumentation, and the data produced from the geotechnical instrumentation program. In this thesis, several theoretical approaches available for estimating the strut loads in braced excavations were examined and used to predict the strut loads at the two construction sites. These theoretical approaches included Coulomb pressures diagrams, Terzaghi pressure diagrams, and soil-structure interaction. The results of the theoretical strut load prediction methods are presented and compared with the results of the geotechnical instrumentation program data.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Year

2003

Author dc:creator

• Haggerty, Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• McManis, Kenneth
• Grieshaber, John
• Nataraj, Mysore

• braced excavations

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/51

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1050