Title
Pirca stabilization using geogrids in Carabayllo - Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Korean Geosynthetics Society
Abstract
Informal housing construction on steep slopes presents high sliding risks. In most cases the population design and construct their own houses without the advice or supervision of professionals. In Carabayllo it is common to see Pircas (stacked rock walls) constructed to support different types of buildings, commonly used for housing, which are very vulnerable to seismic loads. The random method of construction of Pircas makes it difficult to characterize them; however, a types of Pircas have been chosen depending on the slope where they are settled. This work compares numerically four types of solutions to stabilize these Pircas taking into account a method used by people in Carabayllo, which are: The first; reinforcement method is covering the Pirca with a thin layer of cement mortar; the second is covering the Pirca with a geogrid; the third method is covering the Pirca with geogrids and 5cm thick sand mortar and the last method uses reinforced Pirca-backfill with a geotextile. A comparative table is presented with the safety factors found for each case. This study recommends the best solution, one that presents an acceptable safety factor at the lower cost.
Start page
1617
End page
1629
Volume
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de la construcción Ingeniería civil
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099560929
Resource of which it is part
11th International Conference on Geosynthetics 2018, ICG 2018
ISBN of the container
9781713806080
Conference
11th International Conference on Geosynthetics 2018, ICG 2018 Seoul 16 September 2018 through 21 September 2018
Sponsor(s)
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica 109-2017
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