Analysis of active earth pressure against rigid caissons backfilled with crushed rock and sand

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1216-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyuho Paik ◽  
Myung Sagong ◽  
Hyungjoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Crushed Rock ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Active Force ◽  
Marine Structures ◽  
Earth Pressures ◽  
Backfill Materials ◽  
New Formulation

Arching effects in backfill materials generate a nonlinear active earth-pressure distribution behind a rough, rigid retaining wall. There are several analyses for estimating the nonlinear active earth pressures on a retaining wall exerted by a homogeneous backfill in the presence of arching. However, it is not possible to use these analyses for a caisson backfilled with crushed rock and sand, which is common in marine structures. In this study, a new formulation is proposed for calculating the nonlinear active earth pressure acting on a caisson backfilled with crushed rock and sand. The new formulation allows important insights, including the dependence of the slope angle of the crushed rock – sand interface that minimizes the active force and overturning moment on the caisson on the shear strengths of the crushed rock and sand and the geometry of the problem.

Estimation of Active Earth Pressure on Retaining Wall with Translation Mode

2013 ◽  
Vol 639-640 ◽  
pp. 682-687
Author(s):  
Qing Guang Yang ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
Jie He ◽  
Shan Huang Luo
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Action Point ◽  
Layer Analysis ◽  
Earth Pressures ◽  
Reduction Coefficient ◽  
Point Of Intersection ◽  
Theoretical Results

Considering the movement effect of translation mode，friction angle reduction coefficient and method of bevel-layer analysis,estimation of active earth pressures is deduced for cohesiveless soil retaining wall with translation mode.In order to validate the feasibility of the proposed approach，a model test for active earth pressures was conducted in laboratory;and the proposed method was used to analyze this model. Experimental and theoretical results indicate that the curve of active earth pressure increases firstly and decreases then along the depth of retaining wall with different values of s/sc,and it has a point of intersection with the curve of Coulomb active earth pressure at the depth of 0.6H，where H is the wall height. Further study indicates that the action point position of the active earth pressure is higher than 1/3 times wall height.

Calculating Method of Active Earth Pressure behind Rigid Retaining Wall Based on Pseudo-Dynamic Theory

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 2932-2938
Author(s):  
Kui Hua Wang ◽  
Deng Hui Wu ◽  
Shao Jun Ma ◽  
Wen Bing Wu
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Theory ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Active Force ◽  
Calculating Method ◽  
Seismic Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Action Point ◽  
Seismic Force

By means of pseudo-dynamic theory, a new calculating method is presented to calculate the pseudo-dynamic seismic active earth pressure behind rigid retaining wall. Considering time and phase difference within the backfills, the horizontal slices is used to analyze the distribution of seismic active force behind retaining wall in more realistic manner. Under the assumption that the soil backfills are rigid body, the equations derived in this paper can be degenerated to Mononobe-Okabe equations. Through numerical analysis, it is shown that the values of seismic active force obtained from present study are smaller than those obtained from Mononobe-Okabe theory and the distribution of seismic force along the depth of the wall is nonlinear. It is also found that the action point of the total seismic active earth pressure is higher than one third of the wall height, which is corresponding to previous experimental results.

scholarly journals Earth Pressure on Retaining Wall with Surface-Inclined Cohesive Fill Based on Principal Stress Rotation

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Hengli Wang ◽  
Zhengsheng Zou ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
Xinyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Principal Stress ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Horizontal Component ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Principal Stress Rotation ◽  
Passive Earth Pressure ◽  
Stress Rotation ◽  
Earth Pressures ◽  
Inclined Surface

When considering the friction and bonding force between the back of the retaining wall and the horizontal fill behind the wall, the principal stress of the soil element near the vertical back of the retaining wall is no longer vertical and horizontal but deflects to a certain extent. When the surface of the backfill becomes inclined, the principal stress of the soil behind the wall deflects in a more complicated way. In this paper, the cohesion of the soil element in the fill with an inclined surface is assumed, and the formulas for calculating the active and passive earth pressures of the retaining wall with inclined cohesive backfill are derived by rotating the principal stress of the soil element behind the wall. The proposed method is compared with the existing algorithm, and the influences of the inclination and the cohesion of the fill are analyzed. The results show that the proposed method is more universal. Both the active and passive earth pressures increase rapidly with the increase of the inclination of the fill. The active earth pressure and its horizontal component decrease with the increase of the cohesion of the fill, while the passive earth pressure and its horizontal component increase with the increase of the cohesion of the fill.

Nonlinear Active Earth Pressure Distribution Based on Coulomb's Theory

2011 ◽  
Vol 90-93 ◽  
pp. 433-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Gong Chen ◽  
Mei Lin Deng ◽  
Yong Xing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Resultant Force ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Bottom Edge ◽  
First Order ◽  
Application Point ◽  
Dip Angle ◽  
Set Up

On the basis of coulomb’s concept that the active earth pressure against the back of a retaining wall is due to the thrust force exerted by a sliding wedge of soil between the back of the wall and a plane which passes through the bottom edge of the wall and has an inclination of θ, two basis differential equations of first order are set up by considering the equilibrium of the forces and the moments on a partial wedge of soil. The distributing coefficient of active earth pressure is obtained through comparing two basis equations. The unit earth pressure and the application point of the resultant force are deduced. The effects of parameters such as the internal frictional angle of backfill, the frictional angle between the wall back and the backfill, slope angle of filling and dip angle of wall back on distributing coefficient of active earth pressure, the unit earth pressure, the application point of the resultant force, rupture angle are analyzed in detail. Meanwhile the non-linear distributing features are concluded.

scholarly journals A Computational Method of Active Earth Pressure from Finite Soil Body

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Tang ◽  
Jiangong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Resultant Force ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Linear Distribution ◽  
Application Point ◽  
The Earth

Nowadays, Coulomb and Rankine earth pressure theories have been widely applied to solve the earth pressure on a retaining structure. However, both of the theories established on the basis of the semi-infinite space assumption are not suitable for calculating the earth pressure from finite soil body. Therefore, this paper focuses on a theoretical study about the active earth pressure from finite soil body. Firstly, a common calculation model of finite soil body is established according to the results of previous studies. And then, based on Coulomb’s theory and the wedge element method, an analytical solution of the unit active earth pressure from finite soil body is deduced without an assumption of its linear distribution in advance. Meanwhile, formulas of the active earth pressure strength coefficient and the application point of the resultant force are also deduced. Finally, the influence of parameters such as the frictional angle between the retaining wall back and backfill, slope angle of backfill, dip angle of the retaining wall back, the frictional angle between backfill and rock slope, and uniformly applied load on the backfill surface on the distribution of the unit active earth pressure and the application point of the resultant force is analyzed in detail.

scholarly journals Probabilistic analysis of the active earth pressure on retaining wall for c-f soil backfill under seismic loading conditions

DYNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (202) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
André Luís Brasil Cavalcante ◽  
Juan Félix Rodríguez Rebolledo
Keyword(s):  
Probabilistic Analysis ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Seismic Loading ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Loading Conditions

En este artículo se describe una metodología basada en el método de estimación puntual de Rosenblueth para el análisis del empuje activo desarrollado en un muro de retención con relleno cohesivo-friccionante bajo condiciones de carga sísmica. El principio básico de esta metodología es usar dos estimaciones puntales, i.e., la desviación estándar y el valor medio, para examinar una variable en el análisis de seguridad. Es posible mostrar que aumentando el valor del coeficiente de aceleración sísmica horizontal, el factor de seguridad por volteo decrece y la probabilidad de falla aumenta, especialmente para coeficientes mayores que 0.2. Por otro lado, es observado que el valor medio del factor de seguridad crece cuando aumenta el coeficiente de aceleración sísmica vertical, sin embargo la probabilidad de falla se mantiene prácticamente igual para el valor del factor de seguridad considerado como crítico (1.15).

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