jdonville
Geotechnical
- Sep 29, 2003
- 985
All,
Everyone here is, I trust, familiar with Peck's apparent earth pressure envelopes for braced cuts. These seem excessively punitive (in terms of the lateral forces required) for braced cuts up to say, 18 feet or so in depth, using a single level of lateral restraint (strut, tieback, whatever).
Is there any research or papers that suggest alternate apparent earth pressure envelopes that provide a middle ground between the unbraced condition (generally triangular earth pressure distribution) and the Peck criteria?
Jeff
Everyone here is, I trust, familiar with Peck's apparent earth pressure envelopes for braced cuts. These seem excessively punitive (in terms of the lateral forces required) for braced cuts up to say, 18 feet or so in depth, using a single level of lateral restraint (strut, tieback, whatever).
Is there any research or papers that suggest alternate apparent earth pressure envelopes that provide a middle ground between the unbraced condition (generally triangular earth pressure distribution) and the Peck criteria?
Jeff