PRINCIPLES OF ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED EARTH RETAINING WALLS

The paper describes a method of design of retaining walls wherein the material forming the retaining wall is earth containing horizontal reinforcement. The reinforcing members develop their tension through the behaviour described by mohr-coulomb equation. It is shown that the sum of these tensions and their centre of action opposes the pressure from the retained earth maintaining equilibrium. It appears that the type of construction is cheaper and can be constructed more quickly than conventional gravity retaining walls. The simple explanation adopted for the behaviour of the structure differs from that proposed by M. Henri Vidal for the reinforced earth method, and the rules developed will give a different disposition of reinforcing material. /TRRL/

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  Institution of Highway Engineers

  27 Earl Street
  Maidstone, Kent ME14 1PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Banerjee, P K
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 13-18
• Serial:
  • Highway Engineer
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Whitehall Press Limited
  • ISSN: 0306-6452

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Design; Failure; Material reinforcement; Mechanically stabilized earth; Reinforcing materials; Retaining walls; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Structural design; Tension
• Uncontrolled Terms: Horizontal; Stabilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Mohr-coulomb criterion
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 9011: Design (overall design); 5520: Failure; 9029: Horizontal; 3349: Reinforced earth; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 3359: Retaining wall; 5783: Slope stability; 5502: Tension
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125606
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1976 12:00AM