Red River U-Frame Lock No. 1 Backfill-Structure-Foundation Interaction
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 122, Issue 3
Abstract
With a limited amount of data on soil properties and limited instrumentation readings, important aspects of lock performance from initial construction through major flood events, including siltation, were reasonably estimated using the backfill placement method of analysis. Results of the complete soil-structure-foundation interaction analyses for four operational load cases were essential to interpreting instrumentation measurements. Soil-structure interaction between the compacted sand backfill and the stem walls was distinguished from the interaction between the compacted sand backfill and the culvert walls. This study allowed for the characterization of the range in magnitudes and distributions (with elevation) of horizontal earth pressure coefficient, K h, and vertical earth pressure coefficient, Kv, along the stem and culvert walls for each load case. Distributions of Kv with elevation have not been published to date. Expressing the effective normal pressure and vertical shear stress along lock walls in terms of the earth pressure coefficients, K h and Kv, allowed for the precise recovery of both normal and shear stresses (computed using sophisticated analytical procedures) for use in simplified design tools.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 122 • Issue 3 • March 1996
Pages: 216 - 225
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Copyright © 1996 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Mar 1, 1996
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