Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
03 Jun 1993, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Abstract
This paper presents a case study on the collapse accident of a temporary earth support structure. The examination of the design plans and investigations of the construction site where the accident occurred bas been carried out to throw light on the accident situations. Some causes of the accident occurrence which have been derived from these examinations and countermeasures for prevention of these types of accidents are discussed.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Horii, Noriyuki; Hanayasu, Shigeo; Toyosawa, Yasuo; Tamate, Satoshi; and Maruyasu, Takakazu, "A Case History of the Collapse Accident of a Temporary Earth Support Structure" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 9.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session05/9
A Case History of the Collapse Accident of a Temporary Earth Support Structure
St. Louis, Missouri
This paper presents a case study on the collapse accident of a temporary earth support structure. The examination of the design plans and investigations of the construction site where the accident occurred bas been carried out to throw light on the accident situations. Some causes of the accident occurrence which have been derived from these examinations and countermeasures for prevention of these types of accidents are discussed.
