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Reinforcement Extensibility in Reinforced Soil Wall Design

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The Application of Polymeric Reinforcement in Soil Retaining Structures

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Abstract

There are many types of reinforcing materials and systems available for the construction of reinforced soil walls. Of the many types, the Reinforced Earth system developed by Vidal (1966) in France has predominated and has provided the basis for most theoretical and empirical knowledge of the behavior of reinforced soil walls. The Reinforced Earth system has a number of distinguishing characteristics that include:

  • steel reinforcing elements that have tensile moduli on the order of 2 × 108 kPa (3 × 107 lbs/in2);

  • reinforcing elements that are discrete strips, approximately 50 mm (2 in.) wide and 5 mm (0.2 in.) thick; and

  • concrete facing (skin) elements that can individually undergo limited translation and rotation in response to movements in the reinforced fill or settlements of the foundation soils.

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  1. GeoServices Inc. Consulting Engineers, USA

    Rudolph Bonaparte

  2. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Gary R. Schmertmann (Graduate Student)

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    Peter M. Jarrett

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    Alan McGown

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Bonaparte, R., Schmertmann, G.R. (1988). Reinforcement Extensibility in Reinforced Soil Wall Design. In: Jarrett, P.M., McGown, A. (eds) The Application of Polymeric Reinforcement in Soil Retaining Structures. NATO ASI Series, vol 147. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1405-6_16

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