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1979

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Evaluation Of A Welded Wire Retaining Wall, Jerold Albert Bishop May 1979

Evaluation Of A Welded Wire Retaining Wall, Jerold Albert Bishop

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of a Welded Wire Retaining Wall and present design recommendations for its future use. Field data from the instrumentation of a Welded Wire Retaining Wall as well as laboratory data from a study of welded wire fabric as a reinforcing agent for soil was gathered. A study of the theory and practice of reinforced soil construction was made. On the basis of this study and the experimental data obtained, the wall is evaluated and design recommendations presented.