Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1991

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Arockiasamy, Madasamy

Abstract

This thesis describes the development of a microcomputer based prototype expert system, RETAININGEARTH, for the selection and design of earth retaining structures. RETAININGEARTH is an interactive menu-driven system and consists of two modules--the selection module, SELECTWALL and the design module. SELECTWALL is developed using the rule-based M.1 knowledge engineering shell and it makes a choice of the most appropriate retaining structure from a list of ten typical walls. The design module consists of five independent design programs which performs detailed designs of the concrete gravity and cantilever walls, gabions, reinforced earth and sheetpile structures. The SELECTWALL and the design module are linked by the M.1 external code EXT through a control program CALL. All the design procedures are coded using the C programming language.

Extent

113 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1991.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14718

Format

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