Analysis of back-to-back mechanically stabilized earth walls

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-267

  Han, Jie ^a   Leshchinsky, Dov ^b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical failure surface; Factor of safety; Limit equilibrium; Maximum tension; MSE wall; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; BACKFILL MATERIAL; CRITICAL FAILURE SURFACE; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; EXTERNAL STABILITY; EXTREME CASE; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FLAC SOFTWARE; HEIGHT RATIO; KEY PARAMETERS; LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH WALL; MEET-IN-THE-MIDDLE; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REINFORCED ZONE; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; STATIC CONDITIONS; WALL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RETAINING WALLS; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACES; SYSTEM STABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

REINFORCEMENT;

BACK ANALYSIS; EMBANKMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLAC; LIMIT ANALYSIS; REINFORCED EARTH; REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BRIDGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 77952242948     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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