Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
28 Apr 1981, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
An analysis for determination of lateral thrust on a rigid retaining wall with reinforced earth backfill under seismic condition is described in this paper. The backfill is reinforced with horizontally laid unattached strips and an equivalent horizontal static force replaces the dynamic force. A Coulomb wedge is assumed to develop at limiting equilibrium. Analysis indicates substantial reduction in pressures on the wall due to reinforcement. An optimum length of reinforcing strips of 60 percent of height of wall is indicated.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1981 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
Saran, Swami and Talwar, D. V., "Seismic Pressure Distribution on Retaining Wall with Reinforced Earth Backfill" (1981). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 3.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/01icrageesd/session03/3
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Seismic Pressure Distribution on Retaining Wall with Reinforced Earth Backfill
St. Louis, Missouri
An analysis for determination of lateral thrust on a rigid retaining wall with reinforced earth backfill under seismic condition is described in this paper. The backfill is reinforced with horizontally laid unattached strips and an equivalent horizontal static force replaces the dynamic force. A Coulomb wedge is assumed to develop at limiting equilibrium. Analysis indicates substantial reduction in pressures on the wall due to reinforcement. An optimum length of reinforcing strips of 60 percent of height of wall is indicated.
