Retaining Wall Design - SESOC

Abstract

In the absence of a recognised or accepted national standard, and in order to provide clarity around the technical basis for their retaining wall software, some time ago SESOC embarked on the development of two design guides for these, namely the: Cantilever Timber Pole Wall Design Guide, and the Concrete Retaining Wall Design Guide. The goal was for a consolidated and coherent methodology for static/gravity design, and covering a range of common scenarios, including water table, sloped walls, retained slope, pole spacing effects, shear key, etc – as well as a clear and consistent set of load factors. In addition to static design, dynamic aspects must also be handled, with a number of challenges in order to present a methodology which is both robust as well as suitable for use by the typical structural practitioner.This presentation will (briefly) cover these design guides.