Numerical Simulation on the Stress Characteristics of Prestressed Retaining Wall

Abstract:

With the highway subgrade fill increasing, traditional retaining wall cannot meet the requirements for supporting. To meet this requirement, the prestressed opposite-pull retaining wall was put forward. Due to the anchor pull of the new-style retaining wall, its bearing capacity was enhanced, but the stress is not clear. In order to reveal the stress distribution of the prestressed opposite-pull retaining wall, FLAC3D was adept to do numerical simulation on the new-style retaining wall. It simulated three conditions of the wall with no anchor, with anchor but without prestress and with prestressed anchor. The results showed that, after the layout of prestressed anchor, the lateral earth pressure of the region near the anchor increased with the increase of prestress, the lateral earth pressure of the wall is parabola distribution. The lateral earth pressure was larger than that of the wall with no anchor and with anchor but without prestress. The bearing capacity of the retaining wall was effectively improved.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 477-478)
• Pages: 596-599
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.477-478.596
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Jian Qing Wu, Hong Bo Zhang*, Xiu Guang Song, Yi Fan Yu, Chao Li
• Keywords: Lateral Earth Pressure, Numerical Simulation, Parabola, Prestressed Opposite-Pull Retaining Wall

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