Full-scale performance testing and numerical modelling of reinforced soil retaining walls

The paper presents the results from an on-going program of full-scale tests of geosynthetic and metallic reinforced soil retaining walls carried out by the Geotechnical Group at the Royal Military College of Canada. The paper describes the test program, some instrumentation details and selected results from six test walls. Five of the walls were constructed with a column of dry-stacked modular concrete units and one nominally identical wall was constructed with a very flexible wrapped-face. All of the structures were surcharge loaded to stress levels well in excess of working load conditions. The data gathered from this program has been useful to identify important performance features and to highlight possible sources of conservatism in current methods of analysis for reinforced soil structures in North America. The high quality data is being used to calibrate numerical models. Examples of numerical simulation results of wall performance at the end of construction and lessons learned are presented and discussed. For the covering abstract see ITRD E125786.

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• Authors:
  • OCHIAI, H (
  • OTANI, J (
  • YASUFUKU, N (
  • OMINE, K (
  • BATHURST, R J
  • WALTERS, D L
  • HATAMI, K
  • ALLEN, T M
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 777-99
• Serial:
  • LANDMARKS IN EARTH REINFORCEMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EARTH REINFORCEMENT HELD JAPAN, NOVEMBER 2001 - VOLUME 2
  • Publisher: SWETS & ZEITLINGER B.V.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Conferences; Design; Geotextiles; Loads; Material reinforcement; Retaining walls; Soils
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 4755: Concrete; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 4568: Geotextile; 5567: Load; 9111: Reinforcement (gen); 3359: Retaining wall; 4156: Soil
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01012300
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-265-1864-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 20 2005 3:22PM