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Transition of active lateral earth pressures behind retaining walls
Abstract An approximate analytical solution is described to estimate the developed lateral earth pressures behind rigid retaining walls experiencing various types of outward movements with horizontal cohesionless backfill soil. Included are various stages of wall movement, starting from an atrest condition to a full active condition. The at-rest condition is defined as a stage of no wall movement, whereas the full active condition occurs when the soil elements along the entire depth of the wall are in active state. The predictions from the developed method of analysis are compared with model test measurements. The comparisons show very good agreements at various stages of retaining wall movement. Finally, examples are given to illustrate the transitions of the lateral earth pressures behind a smooth and a rough retaining wall experiencing rotational and translational movements.
Transition of active lateral earth pressures behind retaining walls
Abstract An approximate analytical solution is described to estimate the developed lateral earth pressures behind rigid retaining walls experiencing various types of outward movements with horizontal cohesionless backfill soil. Included are various stages of wall movement, starting from an atrest condition to a full active condition. The at-rest condition is defined as a stage of no wall movement, whereas the full active condition occurs when the soil elements along the entire depth of the wall are in active state. The predictions from the developed method of analysis are compared with model test measurements. The comparisons show very good agreements at various stages of retaining wall movement. Finally, examples are given to illustrate the transitions of the lateral earth pressures behind a smooth and a rough retaining wall experiencing rotational and translational movements.
Transition of active lateral earth pressures behind retaining walls
Bang, S. (author) / Hwang, S.I. (author)
Computers and Geotechnics ; 2 ; 219-238
1986-07-30
20 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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