Simulation-Optimization Model for the Structural Design of Cantilever Retaining walls

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Shenouda, Momen Ali This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3991662/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 17 Apr, 2024 Read the published version in Asian Journal of Civil Engineering → Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract With the increasing trend of retaining wall construction in Egypt there is a need to reduce their construction costs. There are many types of retaining walls, cantilever, counterfort, buttressed and tied back walls. The common elements between all these types are the stem and the base. The cost of a retaining wall depends primarily on its material and secondarily on Excavation and backfill works. In this study, a new model is implemented in MATLAB to achieve the optimal design of the cantilever retaining wall elements. The design model is coupled with the shuffled complex evolution algorithm, developed at the University of Arizona (SCE-UA). This developed framework was applied to an existing model used by other researchers to demonstrate its efficiency and to obtain the most economical solution. The results proved that using the SCE-UA method provides superior results compared to those of other algorithms. Cantilever Retaining wall SCE-UA Shuffled Algorithm Optimization Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 17 Apr, 2024 Read the published version in Asian Journal of Civil Engineering → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 28 Feb, 2024 Reviews received at journal 28 Feb, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 28 Feb, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 28 Feb, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 27 Feb, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 27 Feb, 2024 First submitted to journal 26 Feb, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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