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Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils

2022

Abstract Retaining structures above groundwater level support soils that are usually in a state of partial saturation and subject to the actions of atmospheric agents. The current design approach considers the possible extremes of soil conditions – either totally dry or totally saturated – but it neglects matric suction’s contribution to soil shear strength. This work aims to describe how unsaturated-soil mechanics of can positively influence the sustainability of retaining structures through a holistic, multidisciplinary, geotechnical, and environmental analysis. The geotechnical analysis allows to estimate the lateral earth pressure of a geostructure in both unsaturated and extreme soil c…

Settore ICAR/07 - GeotecnicaEnvironmental analysis0211 other engineering and technologies02 engineering and technologySiltLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) Retaining structures Unsaturated soils010502 geochemistry & geophysicsGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyRetaining wall01 natural sciencesLateral earth pressureSoil waterEnvironmental scienceGeotechnical engineeringEnvironmental impact assessmentComputers in Earth SciencesSafety Risk Reliability and QualityLife-cycle assessmentGroundwater021101 geological & geomatics engineering0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGeomechanics for Energy and the Environment
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