calculation of static lateral thrust and its application point on rigid retaining walls in layered backfill

Investigation of Inclined Retaining Walls (Located on Slopes) Performance against Static and Earthquake Loads

Investigation of Inclined Retaining Walls (Located on Slopes) Performance against Static and Earthquake Loads

active earth pressure on inclined retaining walls in static and pseudo-static conditions

inclined retaining walls with slopes less than perpendicular are appropriate candidates in several engineering problems. yet, to the knowledge of authors, only a few analytical solution for calculation of active earth pressure on such walls, which will be usually smaller than the same pressure on vertical ones, has been presented neither in research papers nor in design codes. considering limit...

Distribution of lateral active earth pressure on a rigid retaining wall under various motion modes

The design of retaining walls depends on the magnitude of active pressure exerted from the backfill. Therefore, estimating the scale of this pressure is a fundamental factor in the design. In this study, to assess the active earth pressure, a rigid retaining wall was built capable of translating and/or rotating with adjustable speed. Further, several physical tests were conducte...

seismic analysis of lateral earth pressure and retaining walls

eart pressure problems are encountered in retaining walls, bulkheads, sheeting and bracing in cuts,culverts, tunnels, and cofferdams. in many cases, the lateral pressure is determined by use of classical earth pressure theories, such as coulomb's, where the equilibrium conditions of a failure wedge of soil is considered. excessive dynamic lateral earth pressure on retaining structures resu...

یادگیری از جامعه مورچگان در بهینه‌سازی دیوارهای حائل بتنی

: In the present paper, lessons are learnt from ant society so that humankind can optimize his engineering issues. As an example of such issues, a reinforced concrete retaining wall for which the application of optimization can reduce the costs involved is considered. Traditional design procedure for reinforced concrete retaining walls is unable to design an optimized wall unless a large trial ...