State of the Practice in the Design of Tall, Stiff, and Flexible Tieback Retaining Walls





Preface

The work described in this report was authorized by Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), as part of the Innovations for Navigation Projects (INP) Research Program. The work was performed under Work Unit 33272, “Soil-Structure Interaction Studies of Walls with Multiple Rows of Anchors.”

Dr. Tony C. Liu was the INP Coordinator at the Directorate of Research and Development, HQUSACE; Research Area Manager was Mr. Barry Holliday, HQUSACE; and Program Monitor was Mr. Mike Kidby, HQUSACE. Mr. William H. McAnally of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory was the Lead Technical Director for Navigation Systems; Dr. Stanley C. Woodson, ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), was the INP Program Manager.

This report was prepared by Mr. Ralph W. Strom, Portland, OR, and Dr. Robert M. Ebeling, ERDC Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). The work was monitored by Dr. Ebeling, Principal Investigator for INP Work Unit 33272, under the supervision of Mr. H. Wayne Jones, Chief, ComputerAided Engineering Division, ITL; Mr. Tim Ables, Acting Director, ITL;

and Dr. Michael J. O’Connor, Director, GSL.

At the time of publication of this report, Dr. James R. Houston was Director of ERDC, and COL John W. Morris III, EN, was Commander and Executive Director.


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