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Year: 2002 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 142-148
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2002.142.148
Computer-Aided Design of Reinforced Earth Walls
Adnan Basma, Maher Omar and Abdallah Shanableh

Abstract: The design of the earth reinforced wall will inevitably involve an enormous amount of repetitive design calculations that are quite tedious and time consuming. This paper represents the development and verification of computer aided design program for reinforced earth walls formed by precast concrete facing panels. The program is written in advanced BASIC that is tailored for use on IBM compatible micro-computers. The program uses the presented input data to perform both external and internal stability analysis and produces the appropriate and safe design parameters. For external stabiltiy, the program computes the safety factors for (a) sliding on the base, (b) overturning about the toe and (c) baring capacity failure. Once the program deems the wall to be safe externally, it provides various alternative solutions for strip reinforcement system. Considering the selected system an internal stability analysis is conducted. For this part, the programme calculates the safety factors for (a) reinforcement rupture, (b) tensile failure of reinforcement, (c) tensile failure of connections, (d) pullout of reinforcement and (e) corrosion failure. The program is automatically adjusts the design to improve and fulfill all the stability criteria. Finally, the program provides design summarises of the safest wall.

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Adnan Basma, Maher Omar and Abdallah Shanableh , 2002. Computer-Aided Design of Reinforced Earth Walls. Information Technology Journal, 1: 142-148.

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