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Shored Mechanically Stabilized Earth (SMSE) Wall Systems Design Guidelines - 2006
Section (.pdf format)	File Size
Entire Document - SMSE Wall Systems Design Guidelines	5,963 KB
Document Broken Down by Chapter
Title, Forward, & Table of Contents	392 KB
Executive Summary	111 KB
Chapter 1 - Introduction	150 KB
Chapter 2 - Evaluation of SMSE Wall Suitability	229 KB
Chapter 3 - SMSE Wall Design Basis	295 KB
Chapter 4 - Site Investigation Overview	171 KB
Chapter 5 - Design of MSE Wall Component	820 KB
Chapter 6 - Shoring Component Design Considerations	33 KB
Chapter 7 - Design Example	299 KB
Chapter 8 - Procurement and Constructability Issues	33 KB
Chapter 9 - Conclusions and Recommendations	33 KB
Appendix A - Literature Review	359 KB
Appendix B - Centrifuge Modeling of Shored MSE Wall	204 KB
Appendix C - Field Scale Testing of SMSE Wall
Appendix C - Part 1	954 KB
Appendix C - Part 2	814 KB
Appendix C - Part 3	679 KB
Appendix D - Numerical Modeling	368 KB
Appendix E - Results of Geogrid Pullout Simulation	869 KB
Glossary, Acknowledgements, & References	59 KB

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