Propuestas Estructurales para la sustitución del muro de contención colapsado en la calle de las cruces, barrio Tucuso, cantón Mejía, provincia de Pichincha

Abstract

The objective of this technical work is to find a viable proposal based on a cost benefit analysis for the replacement of the collapsed wall in the Tucuso neighborhood, Mejía city. This was born to respond to the problems of the inhabitants due to the lack of attention from the competent entities, since the design of this wall remains as a precedent for a future execution and this will bring benefits to dairy producers, people who are engaged in tourism in the area and in general to all the inhabitants. It should be noted that a third level road passes over the wall, which connects this small town with the center of the city and that is why it has been necessary to develop the project. For this purpose, a soil study was carried out which resulted in a sandy silt type soil which requires the presence of a small improvement of class III subbase, which makes it suitable to withstand the stresses given by the thrust of the soil, the weight of the structure itself and the overload due to light traffic present in the sector. The methodology used was experimental and analytical because it was necessary to make soundings and extract samples at the study site, after which laboratory tests were performed to obtain the necessary parameters for the design of the wall, followed by the analysis of the data to develop the pre-design of the geometry that will be applied to the structural elements. To obtain the results, a comparison was made with the help of CypeCad and Geo-Studio, the values provided by the programs are close to those obtained by manual calculation. Finally, it was verified that the wall meets the conditions and objectives set forth in the research, thus obtaining the most viable proposal to provide the community with the studies for a future execution of the wall.