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BS 8002:1994 Code of practice for earth retaining structures

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Abbreviation
BS 8002:1994
Valid from
15/04/1994

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British Standards Institution
Author
British Standards Institution
Information type
British Standard
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Description

This British Standard code of practice applies to the design and construction of structures to retain
soils and materials with similar engineering properties, at slopes steeper than those which they
would naturally assume. It provides guidance for a designer, conversant with theoretical and applied
soil mechanics and experienced in structural design and construction. The code is applicable to
walls with a retained height of up to about 15 m.

This code of practice is divided into four sections.

Section 1 explains the factors influencing the choice of a retaining wall.

Section 2 describes the site and geotechnical data that is required together with material properties.
It gives guidance on the determination of the values of representative soil strength necessary for
design purposes.

Section 3 identifies the design philosophy and the design methods for earth retaining structures,
including the determination of earth pressures and the analysis of overall stable equilibrium.

Section 4 considers various individual types of structure and application of earth pressure theory
together with matters of construction and maintenance.

The main changes in the design of earth retaining structures in this code of practice are:

a) the recognition that effective stress analysis is the main basis for the assessment of earth
pressures with total (undrained) stress analysis being important for some walls during or
immediately following construction;

b) the need to take account of the effect of movement (or lack of it) upon the resulting earth pressures
on the wall.

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This British Standard superseeds The Civil Engineering Code of Practice No. 2 Earth retaining
structures, The Institution of Structural Engineers, 1951

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For assistance with locating previous versions, please contact the information provider.

This British Standard superseeds The Civil Engineering Code of Practice No. 2 Earth retaining
structures, The Institution of Structural Engineers, 1951

This resource is cited by:

BS 8002:1994 Code of practice for earth retaining structures

This document is CITED BY:

BS 8004:1986

BS 8002:1994 is cited by BS 8004:1986 Code of practice for foundations

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Description

This British Standard code of practice applies to the design and construction of structures to retain
soils and materials with similar engineering properties, at slopes steeper than those which they
would naturally assume. It provides guidance for a designer, conversant with theoretical and applied
soil mechanics and experienced in structural design and construction. The code is applicable to
walls with a retained height of up to about 15 m.

This code of practice is divided into four sections.

Section 1 explains the factors influencing the choice of a retaining wall.

Section 2 describes the site and geotechnical data that is required together with material properties.
It gives guidance on the determination of the values of representative soil strength necessary for
design purposes.

Section 3 identifies the design philosophy and the design methods for earth retaining structures,
including the determination of earth pressures and the analysis of overall stable equilibrium.

Section 4 considers various individual types of structure and application of earth pressure theory
together with matters of construction and maintenance.

The main changes in the design of earth retaining structures in this code of practice are:

a) the recognition that effective stress analysis is the main basis for the assessment of earth
pressures with total (undrained) stress analysis being important for some walls during or
immediately following construction;

b) the need to take account of the effect of movement (or lack of it) upon the resulting earth pressures
on the wall.

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BS 8002:1994 Code of practice for earth retaining structures

Description

This British Standard code of practice applies to the design and construction of structures to retain
soils and materials with similar engineering properties, at slopes steeper than those which they
would naturally assume. It provides guidance for a designer, conversant with theoretical and applied
soil mechanics and experienced in structural design and construction. The code is applicable to
walls with a retained height of up to about 15 m.

This code of practice is divided into four sections.

Section 1 explains the factors influencing the choice of a retaining wall.

Section 2 describes the site and geotechnical data that is required together with material properties.
It gives guidance on the determination of the values of representative soil strength necessary for
design purposes.

Section 3 identifies the design philosophy and the design methods for earth retaining structures,
including the determination of earth pressures and the analysis of overall stable equilibrium.

Section 4 considers various individual types of structure and application of earth pressure theory
together with matters of construction and maintenance.

The main changes in the design of earth retaining structures in this code of practice are:

a) the recognition that effective stress analysis is the main basis for the assessment of earth
pressures with total (undrained) stress analysis being important for some walls during or
immediately following construction;

b) the need to take account of the effect of movement (or lack of it) upon the resulting earth pressures
on the wall.

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