Design of Brick-Faced Retaining Walls Reinforced with Geotextiles: Face Deformation
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 138, Issue 5
Abstract
Design for retaining walls uses almost exclusively limit equilibrium methods, although they do not provide information on the wall deformation level as they consider rigid perfectly plastic behavior for all materials. However, deformation is a key issue for the development of the soil-reinforcement interaction; and therefore, its prediction is very important for design. A simple method on the basis of a very simple theoretical model is presented to predict the face deformations of brick-faced retaining walls reinforced with geotextiles. The model is simple, yet very versatile, and the results compared well with laboratory studies.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 138 • Issue 5 • May 2012
Pages: 629 - 632
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 26, 2010
Accepted: Aug 2, 2011
Published online: Aug 4, 2011
Published in print: May 1, 2012
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