Solid concrete Lego blocks can be used as temporary retaining wall systems or as wall separators between different materials such as sand, salt, compost, etc. The advantage of concrete blocks is that you can create temporary constructions. It is easy to move or expand the constructions when no casting is required between the blocks. The purpose of this study is to make models in the Finite Element (FE) software Abaqus/CAE that can be used for calculations of the capacity for interlocking blocks. FE method is an approximate method for solving differential equations. As the concrete blocks are stacked without casting, it is important to find out the construction’s load capacity when it is subjected to a horizontal load. Several types of structures have been modeled in the FE program Abaqus/CAE. These FE models were created with boundary conditions consisting of springs and a pinned connection that allows rotation.The evaluation has been focused on rotating the interlocking blocks. With the help of the FE models, reaction forces have been calculated. The FE results in term of reaction forces have been compared with hand calculations made ​​for the same models. Moreover, a wall and a wall with lateral supports have been simulated to determine the horizontal reaction force for the interlocking concrete blocks. / Massiva Lego betongblock kan ändvänds som tillfälliga stödmurar eller vägg avskiljare för olika material som salt, kompost, sand mm. Fördelen med betongblocken är att man kan skapa tillfälliga konstruktioner. Det är lätt att flytta eller bygga ut konstruktionen när ingen fog krävs mellan blocken. Syftet med denna studie är att skapa modeller i Finita Element (FE) programmet Abaqus/CAE som kan senare användas för beräkning av kapaciteten för sammankopplade block. FE Metoden är en approximativ metod för att lösa differential ekvationer. Eftersom betongblocken är staplade på varandra utan fog är det viktigt att ta reda på konstruktionens lastupptagnings förmåga när den är belastade med horisontalkrafter. Flera typer av konstruktioner har modellerats i FE programmet Abaqus/CAE. Dessa FE modeller har skapats med randvillkor som består av fjädrar och fasta lager som tillåter rotation. Utvärderingen har gjorts med fokus på vältningen i betongblocken. Med hjälp av dessa FE modeller har reaktionskraften tagits fram. FE resultaten i form av reaktionskrafter har sedan jämförts med handberäkningar gjorda för samma modeller. Vidare har en vägg och en vägg med sidostöd FE modellerats för att utvärdera horisontala deformationsegenskaper. / - / -

Static and dynamic interaction mechanism of the retained soil-compressible geofoam buffer and yielding retaining structures requires further investigation. The present study, initiated on this motive, discusses the results of 1-g physical model tests and numerical analyses of cantilever retaining walls with and without deformable geofoam buffers between the wall and cohesionless granular backfill. 0.7m high walls with various wall thicknesses were utilized in the physical modeling. Dynamic tests were carried out by using a laminar container placed on a uni-axial shaking table. Influence of buffer thickness, geofoam type and wall flexibility as well as base excitation characteristics on the lateral earth pressures and flexural wall deflections were under concern. Outcomes of the analyses performed with FLAC-2D (v6.0) finite difference code were validated against the results of the physical model tests. It was observed that the arching effect induced in the retained soil by the lateral compression of the lower half of the geofoam buffer has a positive effect, as this zone is able to absorb a portion of the total unbalanced lateral force exerted by the backfill thus causing a reduction in the static and seismic lateral wall pressures. Relative thickness and stiffness of the geofoam buffer appear to be the most dominant factors affecting the reduction in earth thrust. Lateral earth pressure coefficients determined from physical model tests were compared with those calculated using methods available in the literature. Good agreement was observed between the predictions. Graphs were provided to estimate the static and dynamic lateral earth pressure coefficients for various combinations of wall stiffness and buffer characteristics. Analysis of a 6m high prototype cantilever wall subjected to an excitation recorded in August 17, 1999 Kocaeli earthquake by finite difference method exhibited the contribution of geofoam buffers on seismic performance of cantilever earth retaining walls. It was observed that the presence of an EPS geofoam inclusion provides a reduction of the permanent flexural wall deflections as well as total seismic thrust likely to be experienced by the wall during an earthquake.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:48:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JohnGBG_DISSERT.pdf: 5632038 bytes, checksum: eabbd6743af14f648742650469c3d48f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-02 / A numerical study on the behavior of tied-back retaining walls in sand, using the finite element method (FEM) is presented. The analyses were performed using the software Plaxis 2D, and were focused on the development of horizontal displacements, horizontal stresses, shear forces and bending moments in the structure during the construction process. Emphasis was placed on the evaluation of wall embedment, tie-back horizontal spacing, wall thickness, and free anchor length on wall behavior. A representative soil profile of a specific region at the City of Natal, Brazil, was used in the numerical analyses. New facilities built on this region often include retaining structures of the same type studied herein. Soil behavior was modeled using the Mohr-Coulomb constitutive model, whereas the structural elements were modeled using the linear elastic model. Shear strength parameters of the soil layers were obtained from direct shear test results conducted with samples collected at the studied site. Deformation parameters were obtained from empirical correlations from SPT test results carried out on the studied site. The results of the numerical analyses revealed that the effect of wall embedment on the investigated parameters is virtually negligible. Conversely, the tie-back horizontal spacing plays an important role on the investigated parameters. The results also demonstrated that the wall thickness significantly affects the wall horizontal displacements, and the shear forces and bending moments within the retaining structure. However, wall thickness was not found to influence horizontal stresses in the structure / O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo num?rico atrav?s do m?todo dos elementos finitos (MEF) utilizando-se o aplicativo computacional Plaxis 2D, com o objetivo de verificar aspectos do comportamento de estruturas de conten??o atirantadas em areia. As an?lises foram dirigidas ao desenvolvimento dos deslocamentos horizontais, das tens?es horizontais e dos esfor?os internos (esfor?o cortante e momento fletor) durante o processo construtivo da estrutura. As simula??es num?ricas inclu?ram avalia??es da influ?ncia do comprimento da ficha, do espa?amento horizontal entre os tirantes, da espessura da parede e do comprimento do trecho livre. O perfil de solo utilizado nas simula??es num?ricas ? representativo de uma determinada regi?o da Cidade de Natal RN, na qual s?o constru?das com frequ?ncia conten??es do tipo analisado no presente trabalho. Utilizou-se o modelo constitutivo de Mohr-Coulomb para simular o comportamento do solo e o modelo el?stico linear para simular o comportamento dos elementos estruturais. Os par?metros de resist?ncia do solo foram determinados por meio de ensaios de cisalhamento direto e os par?metros de deformabilidade foram estimados atrav?s de correla??es emp?ricas obtidas de resultados de ensaios SPT executados na regi?o em estudo. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que varia??es no comprimento da ficha praticamente n?o influenciam o comportamento da estrutura, no ?mbito dos par?metros avaliados, ao passo que o espa?amento horizontal entre os tirantes apresenta forte influ?ncia sobre essas grandezas. Verificou-se tamb?m que a espessura da parede apresenta consider?vel influ?ncia sobre os deslocamentos horizontais e sobre os esfor?os internos e pouca influ?ncia sobre as tens?es horizontais

Orientador: Pérsio Leister de Almeida Barros / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T16:58:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SantosJunior_PetrucioJosedos_M.pdf: 1818015 bytes, checksum: 92ab0f753dc226315fad2785fd0cd0bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A determinação do empuxo ativo através de métodos de equilíbrio limite, para análise de muros de contenção é prática comum na engenharia geotécnica, principalmente pela simplicidade analítica de sua obtenção. Porém, havendo a presença de uma superfície freática no solo arrimado tal determinação não apresenta resultado analítico, sendo então requerido um estudo numérico para obter um valor que auxilie com certa precisão nessa análise. Poucos trabalhos foram feitos sobre esse tema e ainda assim sua importância não deixa de ser relevante para a verificação das condições de estabilidade de estruturas de arrimo drenantes. Nesse trabalho é feita uma abordagem numérica através do Método dos Elementos de Contorno (MEC) para determinação da posição da superfície freática e posterior cálculo do empuxo ativo pelo Método de Coulomb considerando a influência dessa superfície. É implementado um programa de computador, cujo algoritmo de cálculo, baseado em MEC, apresenta a posição da freática, o valor da vazão total que chega ao sistema de drenagem e o empuxo ativo atuante sobre a estrutura de contenção / Abstract: The determination of active thrust in retaining wall analysis through limit equilibrium is a routine in geotechnical engineering, mostly due to analytic simplicity. However, when there is a phreatic surface in the retained soil, such determination does not present an analytic result. Then a numerical study is necessary to obtain a representative value of prore water pressures in the soil for the analysis. There are few technical publications about this theme, but its importance is recognized in drained retaining wall stability calculation. This work proposes a numerical approach using Boundary Element Method (BEM) to evaluate the position of phreatic surface and calculation of active thrust coefficient through Coulomb's method considering the influence of this position. A computer program, which calculation algorithm based on BEM is developed. It presents the results of the phreatic surface position, the total flow volume that arrives to the drainage system and the active thrust value / Mestrado / Geotecnia / Mestre em Engenharia Civil

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No. of bitstreams: 3 Dissertação - Melina Freitas Rocha - 2013 - parte 01.pdf: 18877116 bytes, checksum: db6e237169520b45aaf7353c708c8366 (MD5) Dissertação - Melina Freitas Rocha - 2013 - parte 02.pdf: 8252606 bytes, checksum: c0d1163233c3716f97b6b48d0006dada (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The need for the use of structures retaining wall have been increasingly used in engineering works. The valuation of soil use has led to wide-ranging exploration of the subsoil, resulting in large excavations that change the equilibrium state of the soil. The performance and design of retaining wall require a good understanding of the stress state of the soil, soil-structure interaction and varying the saturation of soil during construction and useful life. The useful life of retaining wall must ensure stability, functionality and durability. The analysis of soilstructure interaction becomes important by the fact that the same structure subjected to the same external load, presents support reactions that vary with the particular conditions of the mass of soil in which it lies. Therefore the study of soil-atmosphere interaction is an essential factor for unsaturated soils. In order to evaluate the influence of suction on structural design in balance were simulated real conditions of rainfall in three different soils for three excavations (3, 6 e 9 m) and inciciais different conditions N.A. It was observed that the behavior of the suction profile is inwardly related to the parameters as well as saturated and unsaturated soil each, with the intensity and duration of precipitation. Through the theory of earth pressure Rankine for saturated soils, the formulation was developed to calculate the active and passive earth pressure into account the unsaturated soil for three different behaviors of suction, i.e., constant suction over the depth matric suction decrease linearly with depth and suction profile mixed (ie, the part is kept constant and decrease linearly with depth). After determination of the active and passive earth pressure was established equilibrium limit retaining wall and give the sheet length for safety factors of 1,0 and 1,5. It was noticed that there is reduction in the active earth pressure and increased passive earth pressure for all conditions in suction profile. Due to suction, there is an increased horizontal depth tension zone that contributes to the reduction in the horizontal efforts on the structures retaining wall , then a reduction in the sheet length. Otherwise the specific weight natural varies with the suction and that is a factor that can increase efforts, particularly for rainfall with relative intensity close to 1 (q/ksat) and saturated soils with high permeability, where suction is small and has constant distribuiton in the soil profile. / A necessidade do uso das estruturas de contenção tem sido cada vez mais frequente em obras de engenharia. A valorização do uso do solo tem levado a exploração ampla do subsolo, implicando em grandes escavações que alteram o estado de equilíbrio do solo. O desempenho e dimensionamento da contenção exigem um bom entendimento do estado de tensões do solo, da interação solo-estrutura e da variação da saturação do solo durante a construção e vida útil da contenção. A vida útil de uma obra deve garantir estabilidade, funcionalidade e durabilidade. A análise da interação solo-estrutura torna-se importante pelo fato de que a mesma estrutura, submetida à mesma carga externa, apresenta reações de apoio que variam com as condições particulares do maciço de solo em que ela se encontra. Portanto o estudo da interação solo-atmosfera é um dos fatores essenciais para os solos não saturados. Com intuito de avaliar a influência da sucção no dimensionamente de uma estrutura de contenção em balanço, foram simulados condições reais de precipitações em três solos distintos para três profundidades de escavações (3, 6 e 9 m) e para várias condições inciciais de N.A. E observou-se que o comportamento do perfil de sucção está intimamente relacionado com os parâmetros saturados bem como os não saturados de cada solo, com a intensidade e duração da precipitação. Através da teoria do empuxo de terra de Rankine, para os solos saturados foram desenvolvidas as formulação para cálculo dos empuxos ativos e passivo levando em consideração a não saturação do solo, para três comportamentos diferentes da sucção, isto é; sucção constante ao longo da profundidade, sucção variando linearmente com a profundidade e perfil de sucção misto (i.e., parte é mantido constante e parte varia linearmente com a profundidade). Após a determinação dos empuxos ativo e passivo foi estabelecido o equilíbrio limite da contenção e determinado o comprimento da ficha para dos fatores de segurança de 1,0 e 1,5. Percebeu-se que há redução do empuxo ativo e um acréscimo do empuxo passivo para todas as condições de perfil de sucção. Devido a sucção, há um aumento da profundidade da tensão horizontal nula que foi um dos parâmetros que contribui para a redução dos esforços horizontais na contenção, logo uma redução no comprimento da ficha. Por outro lado o peso específico natural varia com a sucção e esse é um fator que pode aumentar os esforços, principalmente para chuvas com intensidade relativa próxima de 1 (q/ksat) e solos com permeabilidade saturada alta, onde a sucção é pequena e tem-se distribuição constante no perfil do solo.

The aim of this work is to design variant solution Radňovice bypass of the village. Radňovice is located in the county Vsočina. Road I/19 which is conecting Nové Město na Moravě and Žďár nad Sázavou runs through the center of the village. Road I / 19 provides connections with surrounding villages and transport operators of the adjacent buildings. Most vehicles will only Radňovice crossed. Prospective route for the realignment of the road outside the buildings has tracked for a long time.They were proposed three variants, one of which was selected for detailed processing. There was measured actual traffic flow intensity and rating of perspective traffic intensity for newly designed state.

Rapporten innehåller inledningsvis en faktadel med allmän information kring temperatursprickor i betong. Här presenteras bl a uppkomsten av fenomenet, vilka typer av sprickor som förekommer och vad ett tvång är. Tanken är att ge läsaren tillräcklig kunskap för att kunna förstå sig på de övriga delarna i rapporten. Resultatet och det huvudsakliga arbetet redovisas i form av tabeller med tillhörande illustrationer där det går att utläsa vilken sprickrisk som förekommer vid flera specifika fall och vilken åtgärd som bör vidtas för att eliminera sprickrisken. Som konstruktör kan du med din egen indata, dvs. dimensioner och temperaturer, följa tabellen och finna resultatet för ditt specifika fall. De konstruktionstyper som presenteras är bottenplatta, stödmur och plattrambro. En tillhörande databas i elektronisk form finns tillgänglig som en bilaga där varje beräknat fall är sparat. Filerna är enkla att modifiera för att göra det möjligt att genomföra ytterliggare beräkningar i de fall tabellerna är otillräckliga. Rapporten innehåller även ett avsnitt med förutsättningar till tabellerna där det går att utläsa arbetsgången och vilka parametrar som har använts. / The initial part of the report contains general information about thermal cracks. This section describes the origin to the cracks, what type of cracks that occurs and the force causing the problem. The major reason with this chapter is to give the reader enough knowledge to understand the rest of the report. The result and the main work are presented in tables with belonging illustrations. Each table contains the risk of cracking that occurs in several specific concrete structures and how to eliminate the risk. The report covers the following three types of structures: baseplate, retaining wall and integral bridge. The constructor can with his/her own dimensions and temperatures simply use the table to find the risk of cracking. A database including all the calculated files for each specific case is attached to the report. The files can easily be modified by the user in case the information in the tables is insufficient. All the precise circumstances and priority in the project are presented in the chapter “Förutsättningar och arbetsgång”.

La presente tesis busca analizar y comparar los dos sistemas de muro de contención más importantes en el Perú: muros de gaviones y muros de suelo reforzado con el sistema terramesh. Para esto, se tomará el proyecto de mejoramiento de la carretera Choropampa-Cospán en la región de Cajamarca, donde se presentan tres tramos críticos debido a los constantes derrumbes y a la inestabilidad de taludes en dichas zonas ocasionado por las pendientes muy pronunciadas que se generarían si no se utilizase muros de contención. Para el diseño de muros de gaviones se utilizó la metodología ASD (Allowable Stress Design), el cual trabaja con un diseño por esfuerzos permisibles y utiliza un único factor de seguridad global; para ello se utilizó el programa Gawacwin. Para el diseño de los muros de suelo reforzado, se utilizó la metodología LRFD (Load And Resistance Factor Design). El cual trabaja con un diseño por la resistencia requerida y utiliza un factor de seguridad para la carga y otro factor de seguridad para la resistencia; para ello se utilizó el programa MSEW. Una vez diseñados ambos sistemas de muro de contención, se procedió a realizar un análisis comparativo técnico, en el cual se revisaron las características más importantes de cada sistema a la hora de la ejecución; y un análisis comparativo económico, en el cual se procedió a realizar un presupuesto referencial de cada uno de los sistemas tomando en cuenta los materiales a utilizar, la mano de obra, el movimiento de tierra y las actividades específicas a realizarse. Una vez obtenido los resultados correspondientes, se extrajo ratios comparativos que nos permitan obtener los costos por metro cuadrado de cada sistema y los costos por metro de altura. Al final de la investigación se concluye que los muros de suelo reforzado son más económicos para alturas mayores a cuatro metros, dando como resultado que en los tramos uno y dos se recomienden usar muros de gaviones, mientras que en el tramo tres se opte por un muro de suelo reforzado. / This thesis analyzes and compares the two most common retaining wall systems in Peru: gabion walls and reinforced soil walls with Terramesh system. For this comparison, the project “improvement of the Choropampa-Cospán road in the region of Cajamarca” was chosen, where there are three critical sections with problems of constant landslides and slope instability caused by slopes very pronounced that would be generated if no retaining walls were used. The design of gabion walls is done with ASD methodology (Allowable Stress Design), which works with allowable stress design and uses a single global safety factor; the Gawacwin program was used to do that design. The design of reinforced soil walls uses LRFD (Load and Resistance Factor Design) methodology, which works with a design by the required strength and uses a safety factor for loading and another safety factor for resistance; for this the MSEW program was used. Once both systems are designed, we proceeded to perform a technical comparative analysis with the most important features of each system at construction; and an economic comparative analysis using reference budget for each system, where we calculated the cost of the materials used, workers, earthwork and specific activities to be carried out. Once obtained the results, we look for comparative ratios that allow us to get the cost per square meter of each system and the cost per square meter of each height. At the end of the investigation we concluded that the walls of reinforced soil are more economical for heights over four meters, so in the sections one and two are recommended using gabion walls, while in the section three are recommended the construction of reinforced soil retaining wall. / Tesis

El objetivo de la presente investigación consiste en proponer el uso de un muro de defensa ribereña con sistema de drenaje LGD para cumplir con las consideraciones técnicas del terreno y mitigar el impacto económico – social causado por el desborde del río Rímac, en el tramo de estudio desde el Puente Colgante ubicado en la Av. Arequipa hasta el Puente Estela Montti, en la ciudad de Chosica. A lo largo de los años, el asentamiento humano, Clorinda Málaga, que reside próximo al margen del río Rímac ha sido afectada constantemente por el desbordamiento del Río Rímac generando grandes pérdidas humanas y materiales. En la actualidad, la Municipalidad Distrital de Chosica tiene medidas de prevención contra estos fenómenos de inundación, pero son poco eficientes y no generan seguridad, puesto que son soluciones temporales. Para lograr el objetivo planteado, se realizaron los siguientes estudios previos: Evaluación de vulnerabilidad y riesgo; Análisis de riesgos de inundación; Estudio Hidrológico e Hidráulico y Modelación en Software. Luego, se procedió a diseñar y presupuestar muros de defensa ribereña convencionales y no convencional, con la finalidad de evaluarlos en base a su eficiencia, factores técnicos y costo/beneficio. Como resultado, el diseño del muro planteado no es posible de seleccionar para su ejecución, ya que el ancho de su cimentación supera lo permitido por las consideraciones técnicas del terreno. Por ello, se recomienda ejecutar para las zonas críticas del tramo en estudio, un muro de concreto armado (aguas arriba) y muro de concreto ciclópeo (aguas abajo). / The objective of this research is to propose the use of a riverine defense wall with an LGD drainage system to comply with the technical considerations of the land and mitigate the economic - social impact caused by the overflow of the Rímac River, in the stretch of study from the Hanging Bridge located on Av. Arequipa to the Estela Montti Bridge, in the city of Chosica. Over the years, the human settlement, Clorinda Málaga, which resides near the bank of the Rímac River has been constantly affected by the overflowing of the Rímac River, generating great human and material losses. Currently, the District Municipality of Chosica has preventive measures against these flood phenomena, but they are not very efficient and do not generate security, since they are temporary solutions. To achieve the proposed objective, the following previous studies were carried out: Vulnerability and risk assessment; Flood risk analysis; Hydrological and Hydraulic Study and Software Modeling. Then, conventional and unconventional riparian defense walls were designed and budgeted, in order to evaluate them based on their efficiency, technical factors and cost / benefit. As a result, the proposed wall design cannot be selected for its execution, since the width of its foundation exceeds what is allowed by the technical considerations of the terrain. For this reason, it is recommended to execute a reinforced concrete wall (upstream) and cyclopean concrete wall (downstream) for the critical areas of the section under study. / Tesis

Västlänken i Göteborg är ett tunnelprojekt för järnväg som skall byggas under centrala Göteborg. Tunneln byggs genom både berg och lera, projektet kommer att använda sig av ett flertal tekniker och konstruktionslösningar. Västlänken är ett av de första stora infrastrukturprojekt i Sverige där slitsmurar används som permanenta konstruktioner. På uppdrag av Trafikverket har två olika typer av stödmurskonstruktioner undersökts med avseende på deras klimatpåverkan. Konstruktionslösningarna är en temporär spont med tillhörande tunnelvägg och en slitsmur. Slitsmuren används både som en temporär konstruktion under byggskedet och en del i den permanenta tunnelväggen. Slitsmurar har först nyligen blivit godkända att användas som delar av permanenta konstruktioner av Trafikverket. Av denna anledning finns det inte mycket information om konstruktionens klimatpåverkan. Syftet med rapporten är att undersöka klimatpåverkan från de två olika konstruktionslösningarna. Jämförelsen har gjorts med hjälp av livscykelanalyser för att få den mest övergripande analysen. En livscykelanalys (LCA) är ett verktyg för att synliggöra en produkts totala miljöpåverkan under dess livstid. Detta åstadkoms genom att alla de olika delprocesser som krävs för att skapa produkten inventeras och analyseras. LCA har utförts med datorprogrammet SimaPro och databasen Ecoinvent. I SimaPro har båda konstruktionslösningarna modellerats och deras miljöpåverkan sedan beräknats med ReCiPe 2016. Indata till LCA har samlats in från ritningar och diskussioner med experter på området. Resultatet från livscykelanalysen visar att slitsmurarna i detta projekt har större klimatpåverkan än konstruktionslösningen med spont och en platsgjuten betongmur. För slitsmuren står armering samt betong för den största delen av klimatpåverkan och för sponten är det den stora mängden stål som krävs vid de kraftiga dimensionerna. Då en del av konstruktionerna inom projektet ej var färdigprojekterad när denna rapport författades rekommenderas ytterligare studier på ämnet för att validera resultaten / The West Link Project is as tunnel project for the railroad that will be constructed below central Gothenburg. The project is built through clay and solid rock thus making use of several techniques and structural solutions. The West Link Project (Västlänken) is the first major infrastructure project in Sweden where diaphragm walls are used as a part of the permanent structure. Two different structures have been examined on behalf of the Swedish Transport Administration, with regards to their climatic impact. The two structures examined are a temporary sheet pile with a cast-in-place concrete wall that is used as a part of the tunnel wall, and a diaphragm wall. The diaphragm wall is used as an earth retaining wall during the construction stage and as a part of the permanent tunnel wall. Diaphragm walls have just recently been approved as parts of permanent structures by the Swedish Transport Administration. Due to this there isn’t a lot of information available on their climatic impact. The purpose of this paper is to examine the climatic impact of these two different structures. The comparison has been performed by the use of a lifecycle analysis to get the most comprehensive analysis. A lifecycle analysis (LCA) is a tool that helps to get a perspective on a product’s total environmental impact over the course of its lifetime. This is accomplished by doing an inventory of all the different processes involved in its production. For the LCA the computer program SimaPro, and the database Ecoinvent were used. In SimaPro both of the structure have been modelled and their environmental impact has been calculated with ReCiPe 2016.Input for the LCA have been gathered from drawings and communication with experts. The result of the LCA shows that in this project the diaphragm walls have a higher climatic impact than the sheet pile and concrete wall. With regards to the diaphragm wall the majority of its climatic impact is from the large amounts of reinforcement and concrete used. For the sheet pile the steel used to manufacture sheets of the dimensions used in the project is the largest contributing factor. Due to the fact that some of the structures in the project are still being at the design stage at the time of writing further studies are recommended to validate the results.