Analysis and Calculation of Earth Pressure Based on Nonlinear Theory

Abstract:

The results of the model test and field test which are proposed in soil pressure calculation indicate that soil pressure distribution is mostly non-linear. Using two models, the soil arching effect and horizontal unit by two theories of rigid retaining wall and non-linear soil pressure, combine with test material to calculate and analysis. The soil arching effect model calculated value on the upper part of retaining wall is higher than horizontal unit model, closer to the static soil pressure, which mainly relates to the upper part of the soil arching effect expresses in sufficiently. As the soil arching effect expresses in the lower part, its value is lower than horizontal unit model; both total soil pressure are the same; the resultant force point of the soil arching effect is higher than the horizontal unit model, the results of calculation and analyses are more well coincide to the virtual discipline. Basing on it, putting forward a kind of soil pressure calculation model which considers the space-time effect and reflects the soil pressure distribution is non-linear.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1055)
• Pages: 109-113
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1055.109
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Wen Zhang*, Bin Zhang, Wei Hong Zhang, Sheng Wei Li, Yan Zhen Luo, Xin Liu, Xiu Ling Ren, Kai Wei
• Keywords: Horizontal Unit, Nonlinear Soil Pressure Theories, Soil Arching Effect

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