Nonlinear Failure Surface and Pseudodynamic Passive Resistance of a Battered-Faced Retaining Wall Supporting Backfill
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 14, Issue 3
Abstract
In the present analysis, a methodology is developed to calculate the pseudodynamic passive resistance on the back of a battered-faced retaining wall supporting cohesive-frictional backfill using the horizontal slice method and limit-equilibrium principle. The results are presented in both tabular and graphical nondimensional form. The analysis identifies a nonlinear rupture surface that depends on the wall-backfill parameters. The effects of wide variations in the parameters, such as the wall inclination angle (), wall friction angle (), soil friction angle (), shear-wave velocity (), primary wave velocity (), and horizontal and vertical seismic accelerations (, ) on the seismic passive resistance coefficients have been studied.
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International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 14 • Issue 3 • June 2014
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Received: Nov 27, 2012
Accepted: Aug 5, 2013
Published online: Mar 25, 2014
Published in print: Jun 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Aug 25, 2014
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