PERFORMANCE OF A REINFORCED EARTH STRUCTURE AT GRANTON

The performance is reported of a wall 106m long, between 1.8m and 7.2m high and partly curved in plan. Details of the wall and measurements made during and after construction are given. The measurements indicate the important role played by the construction operations on the performance of a reinforced earth wall, and particularly the effect of compaction carried out close to the wall panels. The measurements indicate the vertical and horizontal movement and the stresses set up within the reinforcing strips. The total vertical movement was 35mm. It was presumably caused by compression of the packing in the horizontal joints caused by self weight of the panels and downdrag of the fill behind the wall. Analysis of the measurements showed that the horizontal movement was made up of 2 components: horizontal movement at the joints, and tilt of the panels. The overall outward tilt of the completed wall at the test section was 2.3%. The measured values of tensile stress are shown in figures, and several points noted from the observations are recorded.

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  Foundation Publications Limited

  7 Ongar Road
  Brentwood CM15 9AU, Essex,   England 
• Authors:
  • Finlay, T W
• Publication Date: 1978-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 42-44
• Serial:
  • GROUND ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: EMAP CONSTRUCT LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0017-4653

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Construction; Dislocation (Geology); Material reinforcement; Mechanically stabilized earth; Performance; Stresses; Tension; Walls
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tensile stress
• Old TRIS Terms: Horizontal displacement; Tilting
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00185420
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1979 12:00AM