Computer Aided Analysis And Design Of A Retaining Wall Using Python Programming Language

The earth retaining wall is the most important structure in various construction projects of civil engineering. It involves intricate design work and the manual calculations can sometimes become tedious and time taking. Also the accuracy and precision of the design becomes very important when it comes to big structures such as bridges and dams. Therefore, a lot of companies and construction firms have started using various user friendly software. We, through this paper, want to make an attempt to use programming languages to make calculations of the design of retaining wall much more easy and swift.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGE

TITLE PAGE

APPROVAL PAGE

DEDICATION

ACKNOWELDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      INTRODUCTION

• BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
• PROBLEM STATEMENT
• AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
• APPLICATION OF RETAINING WALL
• BENEFIT OF THE STUDY
• TYPES OF RETAINING WALL

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• OVERVIEW OF RETAINING WALLS
• DEFINITION OF RETAINING WALLS
• DIMENSIONS OF RETAINING WALL COMPONENTS
• RETAINING WALL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
• TYPES OF RETAINING WALL
• REVIEW OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: PYTHON
• ADVANTAGES OF PYTHON LANGUAGE

CHAPTER THREE

METHODOLOGY

• STRUCTURAL DESIGN
• INITIAL DATA AND DESIGN CHOICES

CHAPTER FOUR

RESULT

• CASE 1: RETAINING WALL WITH DRY HORIZONTAL BACKFILL PROBLEM
• PROGRAM FOR DESIGN OF RETAINING WALL STRUCTURE
• CASE 2: RETAINING WALL WITH FULLY SUBMERGED CONDITION

CHAPTER FIVE

• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

CHAPTER ONE

1.0                                                        INTRODUCTION

1.1                                           BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Retaining walls are used to retain earth or other loose material. These walls are commonly constructed in the places namely construction of building basement, as wing wall or abutment in bridge construction and in the construction of embankment. All these types of construction works require intricate calculations with accuracy and precision. So to make these calculations much easy and appropriate, the use of a programming language known as Python is used here. Python as a coding language is very useful as it gives Learning Ease, it has User-friendly Data Structures: and the Productivity and Speed is very quick. This paper deals with the design of retaining wall with horizontal backfill using Python to get more accurate data.

1.2                                                     PROBLEM STATEMENT

Using of manual calculations can sometimes become tedious and time taking in calculating and designing of retaining wall. The use of python programming language makes it more easy and swift

1.3                                       AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The main aim of this work is to design a retaining wall using python programming language. At the end of this project students involved will be able to do the complete design and detailing of different types of retaining walls.

1.4                                                    BENEFIT OF THE STUDY

Retaining walls are usually built to hold back soil   mass. However, retaining walls can also be constructed for aesthetic landscaping purposes.

1.5                                     APPLICATION OF RETAINING WALL

Retaining walls are used to retain earth or other loose material. These walls are commonly constructed in the following places:

1. In the construction of building basement
2. As wing wall or abutment in bridge construction
3. In the construction of embankment

1.6                                            TYPES OF RETAINING WALL

1. Gravity Retaining Wall
2. Cantilever Retaining Wall
3. Counterfort Retaining Wall

Buttress Retaining Wall