scholarly journals Arching Effect and Displacement on Theoretical Estimation for Lateral Force Acting on Retaining Wall

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-feng Jiang ◽  
Qi-hua Zhao ◽  
Shuairun Zhu ◽  
Sheqin Peng ◽  
Yonghong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Limit Equilibrium ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Cohesionless Soil ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
Arching Effect ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Tension Cracks

Abstract A new approach is proposed to evaluate the non-limit active earth pressure in cohesive-frictional based on the horizontal slices method and limit equilibrium method. This approach takes into account the arching effect, displacement, average shear stress of the soil slice, rupture angle and tension cracks. The accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated by comparing the experimental results and other theoretical methods. The comparison results show that the proposed approach is suitable for calculating the non-limit active earth pressure in cohesive-frictional soil and cohesionless soil. Additionally, the empirical formulations of the mobilized internal friction angle and soil-wall interface friction angle usually used to cohesionless soil are still applied to cohesive-frictional soil through comparison calculated results of other theoretical methods and finite element method. Some valid formulations of the rupture angle and tension cracks were derived considering the cohesion, wall height, and unit weight.

scholarly journals Simplified Method for Calculating the Active Earth Pressure on Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfill Width Based on DEM Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghui Yang ◽  
Bo Deng
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Limit Equilibrium ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Cohesionless Soil ◽  
Particle Flow Code ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Dem Analysis

Spaces for backfills are often constrained and narrowed when retaining walls must be built close to existing stable walls in urban areas or near rock faces in mountainous areas. The discrete element method (DEM), using Particle Flow Code (PFC-2D) software, was employed to simulate the behavior of cohesionless soil with narrow width behind a rigid retaining wall when the wall translation moved away from the soils. The simulations focused on the failure model of the soil when the movement of the wall reaches the value where active earth pressure occurs, and the shape of the sliding surface was captured. Then, based on the limit equilibrium method with the obtained slip surfaces in PFC-2D, a simplified analytical method is presented to obtain a solution of the active earth pressure acting on rigid retaining with narrow backfill width. The point of application of the active earth pressure is also obtained. The calculated values agree well with those from physical tests in the previous literature. Furthermore, the effects of the width of the backfill, internal friction angle of soil, and wall-soil friction angle on the distribution of active earth pressure are discussed.

scholarly journals Simplified Calculation Method for Seismic Active Earth Pressure of Translational Retaining Wall considering Soil Arching Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zheng-zhen Wang ◽  
Rang-cheng Kou ◽  
Yong Zhou ◽  
Tian-zhong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Resultant Force ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Soil Arching ◽  
Arching Effect ◽  
Soil Arching Effect ◽  
Seismic Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Derivation Process

At present, most seismic earth pressure theories have the limitations of complex derivation process and difficult solution. To solve these problems, considering the deflection of small principal stress caused by soil arching effect, the central arc soil arch was approximated to two inclined linear soil arches, which can greatly simplify the derivation process. Firstly, by improving the combination of differential thin-layer element method and pseudostatic method, the theoretical formulas of seismic active earth pressure intensity, resultant force size, and resultant force action point under translation mode (T mode) were derived and were verified by experimental results. Then, the influence of soil internal friction angle, wall-soil friction angle, and seismic coefficient on seismic active earth pressure theory was analyzed. The results show that the seismic active earth pressure is nonlinearly distributed, and the seismic horizontal coefficient has a greater influence than other influence factors. The theoretical results can provide reference for the seismic design of retaining wall.

Estimation of Active Earth Pressure on a Translating Rigid Retaining Wall Considering Soil Arching Effect

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao-Yong Zhou ◽  
Yi-Tao Zhou ◽  
Xue-Min Wang ◽  
Peng-Zhi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Soil Arching ◽  
Arching Effect ◽  
Soil Arching Effect

Coefficients of active earth pressure with seepage effect

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 651-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pérsio L.A. Barros ◽  
Petrucio J. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Plane Failure

A calculation method for the active earth pressure on the possibly inclined face of a retaining wall provided with a drainage system along the soil–structure interface is presented. The soil is cohesionless and fully saturated to the ground surface. This situation may arise during heavy rainstorms. To solve the problem, the water seepage through the soil is first analyzed using a numerical procedure based on the boundary element method. Then, the obtained pore-water pressure is used in a Coulomb-type formulation, which supposes a plane failure surface inside the backfill when the wall movement is enough to put the soil mass in the active state. The formulation provides coefficients of active pressure with seepage effect which can be used to evaluate the active earth thrust on walls of any height. A series of charts with values of the coefficients of active earth pressure with seepage calculated for selected values of the soil internal friction angle, the wall–soil friction angle, and the wall face inclination is presented.

Pseudo-Dynamic Active Earth Pressure on Battered Face Retaining Wall Supporting c-Φ Backfill Considering Curvilinear Rupture Surface

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-57
Author(s):  
Sima Ghosh ◽  
Arijit Saha
Keyword(s):  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Wedge Angle ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Horizontal Shear ◽  
Rupture Surface ◽  
Wide Range

In the present analysis, using the horizontal slice method and D'Alembert's principle, a methodology is suggested to calculate the pseudo-dynamic active earth pressure on battered face retaining wall supporting cohesive-frictional backfill. Results are presented in tabular form. The analysis provides a curvilinear rupture surface depending on the wall-backfill parameters. Effects of a wide range of variation of parameters like wall inclination angle (a), wall friction angle (d), soil friction angle (F), shear wave velocity (Vs), primary wave velocity (Vp), horizontal and vertical seismic accelerations (kh, kv) along with horizontal shear and vertical loads and non-linear wedge angle on the seismic active earth pressure coefficient have been studied.

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.

scholarly journals Analysis of passive earth pressure modification due to seepage flow effects

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 666-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Hu ◽  
Z.X. Yang ◽  
S.P. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Limit Equilibrium ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Reaction Force ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Failure Surface ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Seepage Flow ◽  
Fourier Series Expansion ◽  
Passive Earth Pressure ◽  
Interface Friction

Using an assumed vertical retaining wall with a drainage system along the soil–structure interface, this paper analyses the effect of anisotropic seepage flow on the development of passive earth pressure. Extremely unfavourable seepage flow inside the backfill, perhaps due to heavy rainfall, will dramatically increase active earth pressure while reducing passive earth pressure, thus increasing the probability of instability of the retaining structure. A trial and error analysis based on limit equilibrium is applied to identify the optimum failure surface. The flow field is computed using Fourier series expansion, and the effective reaction force along the curved failure surface is obtained by solving a modified Kötter equation considering the effect of seepage flow. This approach correlates well with other existing results. For small values of both the internal friction angle and interface friction angle, the failure surface can be appropriately simplified with a planar approximation. A parametric study indicates that the degree of anisotropic seepage flow affects the resulting passive earth pressure. In addition, incremental increases in the effective friction angle and interface friction angle both lead to an increase in passive earth pressure.

scholarly journals Effect of Wall Inclination on Dynamic Active Thrust for Cohesive Soil Backfill

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gupta ◽  
V. Yadav ◽  
V. A. Sawant ◽  
R. Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Cohesive Soil ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Wall Friction ◽  
Cohesionless Soil ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Seismic Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Design Charts ◽  
Seismic Loadings

Design of retaining walls under seismic conditions is based on the calculation of seismic earth pressurebehind the wall. To calculate the seismic active earth pressure behind the vertical retaining wall, many researchers reportanalytical solutions using the pseudo-static approach for both cohesionless and cohesive soil backfill. Design charts havebeen presented for the calculation of seismic active earth pressure behind vertical retaining walls in the non-dimensionalform. For inclined retaining walls, the analytical solutions for the calculation of seismic active earth pressure as well as thedesign charts (in non-dimensional form) have been reported in few studies for c-ϕ soil backfill. One analytical solution forthe calculation of seismic active earth pressure behind inclined retaining walls by Shukla (2015) is used in the present studyto obtain the design charts in non-dimensional form. Different field parameters related with wall geometry, seismic loadings,tension cracks, soil backfill properties, surcharge and wall friction are used in the present analysis. The present study hasquantified the effect of negative and positive wall inclination as well as the effect of soil cohesion (c), angle of shearingresistance (ϕ), surcharge loading (q) and the horizontal and vertical seismic coefficient (kh and kv) on seismic active earthpressure with the help of design charts for c-ϕ soil backfill. The design charts presented here in non-dimensional form aresimple to use and can be implemented by field engineers for design of inclined retaining walls under seismic conditions. Theactive earth pressure coefficients for cohesionless soil backfill achieved from the present study are validated with studiesreported in the literature.

Analytical solution for active pressure of narrow backfills considering arching effect

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Ghobadi ◽  
Hadi Shahir
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Active Earth Pressure ◽  
Soil Pressure ◽  
Principal Stresses ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Arching Effect ◽  
Lateral Earth Pressure

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the distribution of active earth pressure in retaining walls with narrow cohesion less backfill considering arching effects. Design/methodology/approach To this end, the approach of principal stresses rotation was used to consider the arching effects. Findings According to the presented formulation, the active soil pressure distribution is nonlinear with zero value at the wall base. The proposed formulation implies that by increasing the frictional forces at both sides of the backfill, the arching effect is increased and so, the lateral earth pressure on the retaining wall is decreased. Also, by narrowing the backfill space, the lateral earth pressure is extremely decreased. Originality/value A comprehensive analytical solution for the active earth pressure of narrow backfills is presented, such that the effects of the surcharge and the characteristics of the stable back surface are considered. The magnitude and height of the application of lateral active force are also derived.

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