FULL SCALE GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED RETAINING WALLS: A NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDY

In order to improve the authors' understanding of the behavior of the geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) retaining walls, numerical models of a well-instrumented full scale GRS wall were first developed using a finite difference program. A parametric study was then performed to evaluate the behavior of GRS walls with different reinforcement stiffnesses. Performance of two full scale steel reinforced soil retaining walls was also simulated to verify the results of the parametric study. The modeling results matched the instrumentation measurements with reasonable accuracy. This paper presents the results of the numerical models and parametric study, and discusses the influence of reinforcement stiffness on GRS wall performance.

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  Industrial Fabrics Association International

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• Authors:
  • Lee, W F
  • Holtz, R D
  • Allen, T M
• Conference:
  • Geosynthetics '99: Specifying Geosynthetics and Developing Design Details
  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date: 1999-4-28 to 1999-4-30
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 935-948

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geosynthetics; Numerical analysis; Parametric analysis; Reinforcement (Engineering); Reinforcing materials; Reinforcing steel; Retaining walls; Stiffness
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00795536
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0935803084
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 2000 12:00AM