The Research on Earth Pressure behind Inclined Retaining Wall Considering Arching Effects

Abstract:

The earth pressure behind inclined wall considering the soil arching effects which was decided by two factors, the coefficient and average vertical stress, was necessary to research. Based on the analysis of stress state behind the retaining wall, the unified solution of active pressure and passive pressure was derived and was used to calculate both the magnitude and point of application. According to examples, as the angle of inclined retaining wall increasing which was signifying by , the arching effects would be also increasing which the soil was in the passive limit and be falling which the soil was in the active limit.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 790)
• Pages: 410-413
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.790.410
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jian Ming Zhu, Qi Zhao
• Keywords: Active Earth Pressure, Arching Effects, Inclined Wall, Passive Earth Pressure

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