SEISMIC DESIGN OF REINFORCED EARTH WALLS-DISCUSSION

The authors discuss a well documented case history of the performance of a 3.75-m high reinforced earth retaining wall (supports a railway embankment fill) described by discussers. This wall tilted out at the top about 10 cm during construction and another 10 cm during the first 4 months after completion. Post construction vertical settlement of the backfill was about 20 cm. The authors agree that much of the post-construction movement was due to vibration from the trains passing over the backfill. The lateral pressures during vibrations are greater than k sub a conditins, and the danger of the tie pull out failure could be reduced by using small plates at the ends of the ties. Comments are also made on the tie pullout and noncollapse deformation problems.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Closure of discussion of Proc. Paper 11143, February 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Discussers:
  • Richardson, G N
  • Lee, K L
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1024
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: GT9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Elastic waves; Embankments; Mechanically stabilized earth; Motion; Railroads; Vibration; Walls
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral pressure
• Old TRIS Terms: Tilting
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142230
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Discussion
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1976 12:00AM