Date
03 Jun 1988, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Abstract
Reinforced Earth techniques are fast growing procedures within geotechnical engineering practice. The ease and flexibility of the techniques make them widely accepted. In the last two decades, considerable advances have been realized in utilization of concepts in retaining structures. The analysis and design procedures for earth reinforced retaining walls had been exercised within Rankin and Mohr Coulomb theory. An earth retaining model wall was designed according to Mohr Coulomb theory with minimum factor of safety. The wall was constructed in the laboratory in much the same way as the large walls in the fields. The wall was then brought to failure by surcharge loading, during which wall behavior was monitored. The maximum surcharge load that induced failure and the mode of failure was observed. Stresses in the reinforcement strips were compared with those predicted by the theory. The efficiency, usefulness and conservativity of the technique was outlined.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1988 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Stipho, A. S., "Model Test of Reinforced Earth Retaining Wall" (1988). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 39.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/2icchge/2icchge-session6/39
Model Test of Reinforced Earth Retaining Wall
Reinforced Earth techniques are fast growing procedures within geotechnical engineering practice. The ease and flexibility of the techniques make them widely accepted. In the last two decades, considerable advances have been realized in utilization of concepts in retaining structures. The analysis and design procedures for earth reinforced retaining walls had been exercised within Rankin and Mohr Coulomb theory. An earth retaining model wall was designed according to Mohr Coulomb theory with minimum factor of safety. The wall was constructed in the laboratory in much the same way as the large walls in the fields. The wall was then brought to failure by surcharge loading, during which wall behavior was monitored. The maximum surcharge load that induced failure and the mode of failure was observed. Stresses in the reinforcement strips were compared with those predicted by the theory. The efficiency, usefulness and conservativity of the technique was outlined.
