Retaining Wall with Reinforced Cohesionless Backfill
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 118, Issue 12
Abstract
The case of a rigid wall retaining a reinforced cohesionless fill that carries a uniform surcharge load has been analyzed based on the limit equilibrium approach. The reinforcement may be in the form of strips or mats that are not connected to the wall. This analysis considers the stability of an element of the failure wedge, which is assumed to develop in the reinforced earth mass adjoining the back face of the wall. Nondimensional design charts have been developed for computing the resulting lateral earth pressure on the wall and the height of its point of application above the base of the wall. The theoretical findings have been verified in two different sets of model tests on a rigid wall that is retaining a dry sand fill and that is reinforced by aluminium and bamboo strips. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. An applied example for an 8‐m high wall illustrates the design procedure.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Garg, K. G. (1988). “Earth pressure behind retaining wall with reinforced backfill,” thesis presented to the University of Roorkee, at Roorkee, India, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
2.
Hausmann, M. R., and Lee, K. L. (1978). “Rigid model wall with soil reinforcement.” Proc., Symp. on Earth Reinforcement, ASCE, 400–427.
3.
Talwar, D. V. (1981). “Behaviour of reinforced earth in retaining structures and shallow foundations,” thesis presented to the University of Roorkee, at Roorkee, India, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 ASCE.
History
Published online: Dec 1, 1992
Published in print: Dec 1992
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.