ANALYSIS OF PULLOUT TESTS FOR PLANAR REINFORCEMENTS IN SOIL. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a paper with the aforementioned title by M. Abramento and A.J. Whittle, published in this journal (Volume 121, Number 6, June 1995) is presented. The discussion raises several questions about the physical interpretation of the modified shear-lag analysis used in the mechanics of composites when analyzing the load-transfer behavior for pullout tests with extensible, planar reinforcement. It is asserted that the important problem of predicting the tensile stress distribution and load-elongation response of planar reinforcement in confined conditions was not solved correctly and that the use of shear-lag analysis for soil matrices caused significant contradictions with logical development of theoretical models and observed behavior of evaluated materials. Discussion is followed by closure from the authors.

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• Authors:
  • Boguslavskii, Y
  • Drabkin, S
• Publication Date: 1997-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 882-883
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 123
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Interfaces; Length; Loads; Material reinforcement; Physical distribution; Pull out test; Skin friction; Soils; Tensile strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Elongation; Shear lag
• Old TRIS Terms: Inclusions
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742136
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: NA16CP-0220-01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1997 12:00AM