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- Course No E – 1960
- PDH Units: 2
Course No E - 1960
PDH Units: 2
$50.00
- Course No E – 1960
- PDH Units: 2
Course No E - 1960
PDH Units: 2
$50.00
Intended Audience: Civil & Structure Engineers
PDH UNITS: 2
The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, structural engineers, consulting engineers or/and a licensed general contractor to deeply understand how to design retaining walls with various hand on examples. This course is intended to cover and explain design practices and building code requirements for the design of earth-retaining structures. This course is in-depth treatment of the design of retaining structures.
Learning Objectives:
At the successful conclusion of this course, you will learn the following knowledge and skills:- Parts of a retaining wall in details
- Retaining wall drainage
- Retaining wall waterproofing
- Types of retaining structures
- Deflected shape of a cantilever retaining wall
- Types of failure of a retaining wall
- Forces acting on a cantilever retaining wall
- Typical reinforcement in a retaining wall
- Primary concerns for the design of nearly any retaining wall
- Design criteria checklist
- Basic design principals for cantilevered walls
- Step-by-step design of a cantilevered retaining wall
- Design examples in details
Ethics Courses
E – 1934 Engineering Ethics: “Hold Safety Paramount” to Prevent Loss of Life, and the Case of Columbia Shuttle Disasterby Dr. Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Professor Emeritus. Ph.D., PE
E – 1950 Engineering Ethics: The Citicorp Tower Wind Retrofit-An Excellent Example of Ethical Conduct of Structural Engineersby Dr. Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Professor Emeritus. Ph.D., PE
