Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Use your acquired knowledge and skills gained in designing rigid retaining walls
• Implement requirements, procedures and techniques for safe, effective and efficient design of different retaining systems
• Practice design and construction of retaining structures

Description
This course provides practical training on the design and construction of rigid retaining walls. It will review the related soil mechanics knowledge and show how to apply soil mechanics concepts to retaining walls and slope stabilization. Design methods will be covered for earth-supporting systems, including gravity walls, cantilever walls, and geosynthetic walls.

Design examples will be presented and will show you how to apply the theory in practice.

Who Should Attend
Civil and Municipal Engineers • Project Engineers and Managers • Consultants • Designers • Operation and Maintenance Personnel • Developers • Planners 

Course Syllabus

Welcome, Introduction, Course Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method

Day I

Review of Soil Mechanics

• Index properties of soils and soil classification
• The flow of water in the soil
• Effective and total stresses
• Shear strength
• Estimation of lateral earth pressure for different soils
• Analysis and design of gravity and rigid walls against sliding and overturning

Day II

Rigid Retaining Walls Design and Construction

• Gravity and rigid walls: Bearing capacity
• Gravity and rigid walls: Settlement
• Global Stability Analyses of Retaining walls
• MSE and Geosynthetic walls
• Backfilling and compaction

Design considerations