The graphicallyrich interface enables users to comprehensively characterize internal stability pullout, rupture, connection loading for reinforced soil structures, ranging from simple designs to complex designs. Threedimensional 3d finite element software for the integrated analysis and design of concrete and. It does not distinguish between slopes and walls but rather uses a unified limit state. Finite element finite difference, slope stability rs2 phase2 9. These blocks were used to simulate the facing blocks used in segmental block walls. Backtoback mechanically stabilized earth walls bbmsews are encountered in bridge approaches, ramp ways, rockfall protection systems, earth dams, levees and noise barriers. Slope stability with gabion walls using software geo5 gabion. Basement retaining wall design overview asdip software. Slide is the most comprehensive slope stability analysis software available, complete with finite element groundwater seepage analysis, rapid drawdown, sensitivity and probabilistic analysis and support design.
What software do you use of retaining wall design i have come across a lot of sites that require retaining walls recently. Frequently the walls are also laterally restrained at the base by the slab on grade, so the shear key is seldom required. Limit equilibrium design framework for mse structures with. A more formal and urban architectural aesthetic is offered with our macwall segmental blockwork faced reinforced soil wall. It can be used for a wide range of engineering projects including excavation design, slope stability, groundwat. Geostructural analysis provides a complete range of modules to develop indepth, accurate and failproof designs for all types of retaining wall structures e. Ressa is software for the design of reinforced soil slopes or rss. Static analysis for reinforced soil wall is carried out as per bs 80061. Geostructural analysis provides a complete range of modules to develop indepth, accurate and failproof designs for all types of retainingwall structures e. The aluminum wall was equipped with two pressure transducers located at 2 3 and 1 3 the height. The available design methods, facing types and design methods are summarized in table below. It follows the procedure introduced by baker and leshchinsky, spatial distributions of safety factors, journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, asce, 127 2, 2001, 5145.
This gives the wall designer the opportunity to easily transfer information from ab walls to ressa to investigate the global stability of. Breakwat is a conceptual design tool for several types of coastal structures under wave loading. It models a group of slices and the forces acting on each slice as. Optumg2 is a comprehensive finite element program for geotechnical stability. It models a group of slices and the forces acting on each slice as shown in figure 2. The graphics and the pointandclick data input are also very good and makes the program very easy to use. Experimental study on performance of geosyntheticreinforced. Rubble mound breakwaters with armour layers of rock material or concrete units, berm breakwaters, vertical caisson structures, reef type structures and nearbed structures can be designed using breakwat up to a conceptual design stage. Semicomplex structures in the context of ressa means up to 10 tiered slopes limited to three different types of soil.
The resolution of the search area when working at different scaling factors. Frew checks the stability of cantilever and propped retaining walls using the. For this site, the global model dictated the lengths of the geogrids in the lower walls. Internal compound stability ics affects the internal components of the retaining wall system, including the facing elements and reinforced zone.
K instructions geogrid keywall appedix keystone r e t a i. Walls can be designed with three of the most commonly used methods bs 8006, aashto lrfd and ncma. They are encountered in roadway and rail widening projects as well as site development but usually in steep terrain. Because ics is influenced by loading conditions outside the reinforced fill area, it is a special case of a larger compound analysis. Sidehill retaining walls refer primarily to fillwalls built partway down the sides of an existing slope or embankment. Slide 2d limit equilibrium slope stability analysis software. Then select a mse wall supplier to provide the design that addresses internal and external stability of the wall your decision here will be based on wall aesthetics, cost, and level of support form the supplier. Gec 11 design and construction of mechanically stabilized. And there is now an option for considering live load. Ressa can display color coded safety map, a powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the stability of the slope and for optimizing the reinforcement. Tapered stem wall is concrete only and you can specify from and rear stem angles. This brings performance, cost and construction efficiency benefits to our clients.
Metric and us units need a quick stability analysis on a retaining wall. Restrained wall program allows you a constant thickness stem in concrete or masonry. It cooperates with all programs for analysis of excavation designs and retaining wall designs. This article provides an overview of the problems, failure mechanisms, investigation approaches, analysis tools and wall type alternatives for these. Pdf stability of retaining walls against overturning. Using a unified approach in limit state design of reinforced walls and. Most of them have been short segmental walls and simple enough that detailed calcs were not too necessary, but now i now have a project in my queue that will likely require a ft tall wall. Under the hood, it is the same capable product our customers love. The program checks the wall stability for the service combined loads and performs the concrete design of the stem, toe, heel and key for the factored combined loads. The cantilever wall is a reinforced concrete wall that utilizes cantilever action to retain step.
All programs do a thorough analysis of overall sliding and overturning stability, soil pressure, footing design, and stem design. Individual model wall facing units blocks with a dimension of 45 mm height. In each particular case the controlling load combination is identified and reported. Input of wall layout and levels from cad or through excel. It enables design and analysis of slope stability with circular or polygonal surface and automatic optimization of slip surface. The software in general is very good and ties in well with the way we do things here. The retaining wall design is performed by analyzing the stem, toe, and heel as cantilever beams. This mechanically stabilized earth walls mse and reinforced soil slopes rss, design and construction guidelines manual which is an update of the current fhwa nhi00043, has evolved from the following aashto and fhwa references. Stability of geosynthetic reinforced soil structures. Wall stability against overturning can, however, be assessed using the position of the resultant force on the base, which is unaffected by the assumed thrust surface. Anchors for concrete block retaining wall earth retention. Stability of backtoback mechanically stabilized earth walls. The ultimate design tool for segmental retaining walls ab walls is a comprehensive design tool which outputs professional quality construction drawings with technical support data.
Mse wall systems are designed for the external stability of the wall system along with the internal stability of reinforced soil behind the wall face. A typical basement retaining wall is composed of four main components. Verification of global stability at circular slip surface bishop, spencer incl. One option i am looking at is a geogrid laid between the concrete blocks back into the soil as we backfill. Mechanically stabilized earth walls and reinforced soil slopes. The wall supported unreinforced sand, which had a limited extent. The program will handle flowing water and multilayers of backfill. Limited reinforced space in segmental retaining walls. The iowa dot currently allows only metallic reinforcement in mse walls. The changes include several updates related to the aashto 2007 code, and the option to use either the simplified method aashto or the coherent gravity method cgm.
Adama software has released several updates to their popular mse wall design software and reinforced soil slope software packages. An information series from the national authority on concrete masonry technology. The wall system and any structures supported by the wall can tolerate lateral movement resulting from sliding of the struc ture. The software integrates important industry design methodologies such as ncma third edition, aashto 2010 and 2015, bs800610, as well as fhwanhi 10024 and 10025. Compute the stablity of complex slopes software from shinoak software a program for the drafting of boring and wellcompletion logs software from gookin software a finite element based software for the nonlinear analysis of. This gives the wall designer the opportunity to easily transfer information from ab walls to ressa to investigate the global stability of the project site quickly and efficiently. Slope stabilization withwithout reinforced soil using software ressa. Read seismic analysis and design of retaining walls.
Download geotechnical engineering software slide 8. An information series from the national authority on concrete masonry technology ncma tek replaces tek 1 segmental retaining wall global stability introduction the general mass movement of a segmental retaining wall srw structure and the adjacent soil is called global stability failure. Spreadsheet design of mechanically stabilized earth walls. A program for the dynamic analysis of driven piles software from globe rausche likinns and associates, inc. The fhwa does not provide user assistance or support for this software. The following wall facing systems and soil reinforcement types are most commonly used and can be accommodated by the mse wall design spreadsheet. The program calculates pressures acting on the wall based on earth pressure coefficients behind and in front of the wall either directly specified by the user, or calculated from the soil properties based on the methods in ciria c517 or eurocode 7. Learn more about risa3d here or request a live walkthrough with one of our engineers. It is important when designing any wall, but especially for tall walls, to consider global stability. Note that it includes an option for inputting data for semicomplex slopes. Design manual mechanically stabilized earth mse chapter. It enables creation of anchors, georeinforcements, surcharge.
In the practice, there are a variety of block sizes used for grs walls. Global stability of a vertical cut stem section design top stem type concrete concrete strength fc 2. For overall stability checks, file can be exported to ressa software. I am designing a 10 tall retaining wall to a rock hopper wall will need to support loader dumping into hopper using 2x2x4 concrete blocks with interlocking bumps somewhat like legos. Frydman and keissar 1987 conducted a set of centrifugal model tests using a rigid retaining wall. Buried concrete basement wall design problem statement provide a detailed strength design durability and other considerations not included for a new buried concrete basement wall in a singlestory masonry building using the given information. The mass behind the wall from assuming natural slope. The software integrates important industry design methodologies such as ncma third edition, aashto 2010 and 2015. Circular surfaces, 6 soil layers, pseudostatic seismic analysis, external uniformly distributed vertical loads, user defined piezometric line including water level above the surface and grid search with variable radia. The basic program for stability analysis is slope stability. Srw structure and the adjacent soil is called global stability failure.
Greta analyses the stability of a gravity retaining wall and determines the bending moments and shear forces within the wall. Allan block has worked closely with the designers of ressa, the industry leading global stability analysis program, to allow the section information from ab walls the ability to be exported to a ressa file. Stability of this wall mainly depends on the mass of the soil on the heel behind the wall. An update for the mse wall design software msew was also released recently. Retwall will give you soil bearing loads, analyze the wall stability, calculate all wall moments, design your rebar and give you design sketches. Methods for analysis of slope stability are described and are illustrated by examples in the appendixes. Allows more user options for selecting colors within the software. It allows designers to transfer a conceptual layout from a site plan to a complete wall solution and then export it to various cad software programs as well as to. Porcello used ab walls design software for their initial design of the walls and ressa. Dec 30, 2017 slope stability spreadsheet currently supports analysis by the simplified bishop method. Version 18 brings many new essential features to an all new interface, delivering increased easeofuse, improved workflows and maximized efficiency. The keystone system was initially conceived as a gravity wall system. Compound stability analysis to be applied to nofines concrete designs. The ultimate design tool for segmental retaining walls outputs professional quality.
Once the grid strength and length were set in ressa, these final values were entered back into the original srw software. Understand the advantages and limitations of each reinforcement system. Version 3 of the soil nail analysis program snap2 addresses the following issues identified in previous versions. Use sophisticated msew and ressa software temporarily loaded on your own laptop, to perform handson exercises even using the software as a forensic tool. If youre in a full situation and have enough room for a mse wall, the convenient thing to do is evaluate globally stability to determine the minimum reinforcement length needed. This engineer manual em provides guidance for analyzing the static stability of slopes of earth and rockfill dams, slopes of other types of embankments, excavated slopes, and natural slopes in soil and soft rock. The wall base is unrestrained against sliding, other than soil friction along its base and minimal soil passive resistance. The flexibility of the program enables it to be interoperable with acad, as well as slope stability platforms ressa and gslope. Pdf limit equilibrium analysis of geosyntheticreinforced. Ab walls design software is a comprehensive design tool which outputs professional. Allan block has worked closely with the designers of ressa, the industry leading global stability analysis program, to allow the section information from ab walls to be exported to a ressa file.
Global stability analysis is an important component of srw design, particularly under the. Its integrated colum and wall design options are setup to design vertical elements for gravity, lateral and hyperstatic secondary moments forces from posttensioning. You can adjust all allowable values to meet whatever code. Stability analysis geotechnical software geo5 fine. Retainwall is a software mainly developed for the purpose of designing a concrete or masonry retaining wall. Precast concrete discrete panels, precast concrete segmental blocks, gabions, wraparound using welded wire mesh and wraparound using. K instructions geogrid keywall appedix keystone r e t a i n i.
The concrete block fascia provides the aesthetics of a masonry wall, yet with the reassurance of geogrid reinforced soil as the backfill. Design manual mechanically stabilized earth mse chapter 200. Comparison of results between ressa and experimental data. Greta stability analysis for gravity retaining walls. Ab walls design software for segmental retaining wall designs. Stratas new geotechnical software focuses on grs design. The fhwa has discontinued the distribution of all other software through this website. Aci e702 example problems buried concrete basement wall l. Chapter 7 retaining walls seismic analysis and design of. Site solutions retaining walls allan block wall systems. While the software was in the public domain, the versions made available by fhwa are now outdated, do not align with current.