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- Title
Numerical Limit Analysis of the Stability of Reinforced Retaining Walls with the Strength Reduction Method.
- Authors
Li, Jinsheng; Li, Xueqi; Jing, Mingyuan; Pang, Rui
- Abstract
The failure mechanism of MSE (mechanically stabilized earth) walls was studied via numerical analysis with the finite element strength reduction method, which was verified as an effective technique by simulating the experimental results reported in previous papers. The finite element program was applied to explore the effects of reinforcement, geometry, and seismic parameters on failure mechanism control at the design stage of MSE walls to avoid the unavoidable errors experienced in common numerical analysis caused by the assumptions of the failure mode and complex input parameters. The research parameters included the wall height, length, and spacing of the geogrid-reinforced retaining wall and seismic load. The results indicated that the wall height and reinforcement length play a major role in failure mode change. When the reinforcement length is less than 2 m, overturning failure could occur, which was unrelated to the other parameters in all cases studied in this paper. In this paper, the parametric study results were presented by evaluating the critical reinforcement length, generating the failure surface pattern, and summarizing design recommendation.
- Subjects
RETAINING walls; NUMERICAL analysis; REINFORCED soils; FINITE element method; FAILURE mode &; effects analysis
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 15, p2319
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w14152319