Design of Brick-Faced Retaining Walls Reinforced with Geotextiles: Face Deformation

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Correia, AAS (Author) Other; Pinto, MIM (Author) Other; Maria de Lurdes Lopes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering

Vol. 138

Pages: 629-632

ISSN: 1090-0241

Publisher: ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-AGT

DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0000613

Abstract (EN): Design for retaining walls uses almost exclusively limit equilibrium methods, although they do not provide information on the wall deformation level as they consider rigid perfectly plastic behavior for all materials. However, deformation is a key issue for the development of the soil-reinforcement interaction; and therefore, its prediction is very important for design. A simple method on the basis of a very simple theoretical model is presented to predict the face deformations of brick-faced retaining walls reinforced with geotextiles. The model is simple, yet very versatile, and the results compared well with laboratory studies. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000613. (C) 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000613

No. of pages: 4