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Analytical and numerical analyses of the load‐bearing capacity of retaining walls laterally supported at both ends
Author(s) -
Plumey Sylvain,
Muttoni Aurelio,
Vulliet Laurent,
Labiouse Vincent
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/nag.942
Subject(s) - bearing capacity , hinge , retaining wall , geotechnical engineering , finite element method , structural engineering , plastic hinge , yield (engineering) , numerical analysis , plasticity , engineering , flow (mathematics) , coulomb friction , mechanics , mathematics , materials science , geometry , mathematical analysis , physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , composite material
Abstract This paper investigates the load‐bearing capacity of a perfectly smooth retaining wall laterally supported at both ends assuming that the wall fails by the development of three plastic hinges. The study considers the case of a cohesionless elastic–perfectly plastic backfill with a Mohr–Coulomb yield criterion and an associative flow rule in drained conditions. A kinematically admissible soil–structure failure mechanism is proposed and compared with the conventional solutions and with results from a numerical finite element modelling. The study shows that the proposed solution and the numerical solution are in good agreement. These solutions are found to be much more favourable for the wall than the conventional solutions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.