Static and seismic limit equilibrium analysis of sliding retaining walls under different surcharge conditions |
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| Institution: | 1. Catania, Italy;2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Messina, Italy;3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy;1. Yildiz Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey;2. Middle East Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Cankaya, 06800 Ankara, Turkey;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India;3. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India |
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| Abstract: | The static and seismic sliding limit equilibrium condition of retaining walls is investigated, and analytical solutions for the angle of the active slip surface, the critical acceleration coefficient and the coefficient of active earth pressure are provided for different surcharge conditions. In particular, walls retaining a horizontal backfill without surcharge, walls supporting an extended uniform surcharge applied at different distances from the wall and walls supporting a limited uniform surcharge or linear uniform surcharge parallel to the wall are considered in the analysis.The solutions have been derived in the framework of the limit equilibrium approach, considering the effect of the wall through its weight, and accounting for the shear resistance at the base of the wall and the inertia force arising in the wall under seismic conditions.For the wall without surcharge the effect of the vertical component of the seismic acceleration as well as the effects of the inclination of the wall internal face and of the soil–wall friction were also investigated.The angle of the slip plane, the critical seismic acceleration coefficient and the coefficient of active earth pressure are given as functions of dimensionless parameters and the boundary conditions for the applicability of each solution are specified. The influence of soil weight, surcharge conditions and inertia forces on the active earth pressure coefficient is analysed. |
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