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Unified Solution of Coulomb’s Active Earth Pressure for Unsaturated Soils without Crack
Based on the unified solution of shear strength in terms of double stress state variables for unsaturated soils, whilst considering the effect of the intermediate principal stress rationally, the unified solution of Coulomb’s active earth pressure for unsaturated soils without cracks is developed. Comparability of the solution is analyzed and influencing characteristic of each factor is obtained. The research result indicates that: the intermediate principal stress and matric suction have obvious impacts on Coulomb’s active earth pressure for unsaturated soils; Coulomb’s active earth pressure has been decreasing until zero with the increase of unified strength theory parameter and matric suction; Coulomb’s active earth pressure increases with the increase of grading angle of retaining wall and slop angle of backfill, but decreases with the increase of matric suction, effective internal friction angle and matric suction angle, while external friction angle has no obvious influence. The proposed unified solution of Coulomb’s active earth pressure enjoys a wider application, and unified solution of Rankine’s active earth pressure is just the special case. The results are of great significance to soil pressure determination such as slope and foundation pit, and to retaining structures design.
Unified Solution of Coulomb’s Active Earth Pressure for Unsaturated Soils without Crack
Based on the unified solution of shear strength in terms of double stress state variables for unsaturated soils, whilst considering the effect of the intermediate principal stress rationally, the unified solution of Coulomb’s active earth pressure for unsaturated soils without cracks is developed. Comparability of the solution is analyzed and influencing characteristic of each factor is obtained. The research result indicates that: the intermediate principal stress and matric suction have obvious impacts on Coulomb’s active earth pressure for unsaturated soils; Coulomb’s active earth pressure has been decreasing until zero with the increase of unified strength theory parameter and matric suction; Coulomb’s active earth pressure increases with the increase of grading angle of retaining wall and slop angle of backfill, but decreases with the increase of matric suction, effective internal friction angle and matric suction angle, while external friction angle has no obvious influence. The proposed unified solution of Coulomb’s active earth pressure enjoys a wider application, and unified solution of Rankine’s active earth pressure is just the special case. The results are of great significance to soil pressure determination such as slope and foundation pit, and to retaining structures design.
Unified Solution of Coulomb’s Active Earth Pressure for Unsaturated Soils without Crack
Liang, Wen-Biao (author) / Zhao, Jun-hai (author) / Peng, Wen-Tao (author) / Zhang, Chang-Guang (author) / Wang, Su (author)
2012
7 Seiten
Conference paper
English
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