DIAPHRAGM WALL

A Seminar submitted to

INDUS UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD

In the partial fulfilment for the award of degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING

By

KEVIN SAVALIYA
Under the guidance of

PROF. NEELAM BELANI

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

INDUS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
INDUS UNIVERSITY
AHMEDABAD
MAY-2017

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 CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the seminar entitled DIAPHRAGM WALL,
which is being submitted to The INDUS UNIVERSITY by
KEVINKUMAR D. SAVALIYA in fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Civil engineering), is the record
of work done by him, under my supervision and guidance during January
2017 to May 2017. In my opinion, the submitted work has reached a level
required for being accepted for Practical Training Final Jury examination.

Date:
Place: Ahmedabad

Prof. Neelam Belani Name & Sign Prof. Tejendra G. Tank

Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
IITE
INDUS UNIVERSITY
Ahmedabad
External Examiner Head of Department
Civil Engineering Department
IITE
INDUS UNIVERSITY
Ahmedabad

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my gratitude to all those who gave me the
possibility to complete this seminar report. I want to thank Head of the
department Prof. Tejendra tank for giving me such a golden opportunity
to commence this Seminar report in the first instance. I have furthermore
to thank the Prof. Neelam Belani who encouraged me to go ahead with
my Seminar report.

Kevi
n Savaliya
IU1441041070

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 ABSTRACT
Inadequate space in urban settings has set forth a
challenging trend to go deeper into the ground, and
increase the space required for providing public amenities,
parking and for housing utilities. Closely spaced structures
in the vicinity of excavation, soft and compressible
landfills, presence of underground utilities, and Restriction
of lateral ground movements have made the supporting
systems a formidable task to execute. The support
systems commonly adopted include Braced walls, Sheet
pile walls, Contiguous or Secant pile walls, Diaphragm
walls and RCC retaining walls. This article aims to present
constructional and design elements of the retaining
systems very commonly adopted in cities of India, namely
Diaphragm walls, Contiguous piles and Soldier pile system
with wooden laggings. The experiences and factors
advocating selection of appropriate retaining system,
determination of lateral earth and hydrostatic pressure
distribution, constructional features, water related
problems and bottle-necks during execution are described
herein.

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 INDEX

Title Page I
Certificate ii
Acknowledgement iii
Abstract iv
Index v
Table of Contents vi
List of Figures vii

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER CONTENT PAGE NO.

DIAPHRAGM WALL 1-9

1 GENERAL 1
2 BENEFITS 2
3 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 3
Pre-trenching 4
Guidewall construction 5
Panel (vertical segment) excavation 5
End-stop placement 6
Panel desanding 7
Reinforcement cage placement 8
Tremie concrete 9
End-stop removal (if temporary) 9

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 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
Title Page No.
No.
1 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 4
2 PLANT SET-UP 4
3 GUIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION 5
4 PANEL EXCAVATION 6
5 PERMENENT END-STOP 7
6 PANEL DESANDING 8
7 CAGE PLACEMENT 8
8 TREMIE CONCRETE 9

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