EVALUATION OF EARTH PRESSURES ACTING ON SLIDE SUPPRESSOR WALLS

In Texas, successful repair of shallow slides in earth slopes has been made by embedding retaining walls within the failed slope. Design of these walls requires that the forces exerted on the wall by earth pressures be estimated. Frequently, estimates of the forces must be made with little knowledge of the shear strength properties of the soils involved. This paper presents procedures for calculating forces on the walls using shear strength parameters that are calculated from back-analysis using information pertaining to the original slope when it failed. Simplified procedures are presented that should yield forces nearly as accurate as the forces calculated by much more rigorous procedures.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1242, Innovative Earth-Retaining Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Wright, S G
  • Isenhower, W M
  • Kayyal, M K
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 8-14
• Monograph Title: Innovative earth-retaining systems
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1242
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Backcalculation; Earth pressure; Force; Landslides; Repairing; Retaining walls; Shear strength; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Repairs
• Old TRIS Terms: Earth slides
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495463
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309049598
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM