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Title: | Performance of gabion faced reinforced earth retaining walls |
Researcher: | Jayasree P K |
Guide(s): | Beena K S |
Keywords: | Gabions Reinforced soil Finite element analysis Cohesionless backfill Parametric studies Material properties Geometric properties Design charts Cost effectiveness |
Upload Date: | 27-Sep-2012 |
University: | Cochin University of Science and Technology |
Completed Date: | 21/04/2008 |
Abstract: | Gabion faced re.taining walls are essentially semi rigid structures that can generally accommodate large lateral and vertical movements without excessive structural distress. Because of this inherent feature, they offer technical and economical advantage over the conventional concrete gravity retaining walls. Although they can be constructed either as gravity type or reinforced soil type, this work mainly deals with gabion faced reinforced earth walls as they are more suitable to larger heights. The main focus of the present investigation was the development of a viable plane strain two dimensional non linear finite element analysis code which can predict the stress - strain behaviour of gabion faced retaining walls - both gravity type and reinforced soil type. The gabion facing, backfill soil, In - situ soil and foundation soil were modelled using 20 four noded isoparametric quadrilateral elements. The confinement provided by the gabion boxes was converted into an induced apparent cohesion as per the membrane correction theory proposed by Henkel and Gilbert (1952). The mesh reinforcement was modelled using 20 two noded linear truss elements. The interactions between the soil and the mesh reinforcement as well as the facing and backfill were modelled using 20 four noded zero thickness line interface elements (Desai et al., 1974) by incorporating the nonlinear hyperbolic formulation for the tangential shear stiffness. The well known hyperbolic formulation by Ouncan and Chang (1970) was used for modelling the non - linearity of the soil matrix. The failure of soil matrix, gabion facing and the interfaces were modelled using Mohr - Coulomb failure criterion. The construction stages were also modelled. Experimental investigations were conducted on small scale model walls (both in field as well as in laboratory) to suggest an alternative fill material for the gabion faced retaining walls. The same were also used to validate the finite element programme developed as a part of the study. |
Pagination: | xxiii, 268p. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10603/4873 |
Appears in Departments: | School of Engineering |
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03_acknowledgements.pdf | 96.86 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
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07_list of figures notations & tables.pdf | 193.23 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
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10_chapter 3.pdf | 2.53 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
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