scholarly journals Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient and Lateral Earth Pressure against Retaining Walls

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Medina ◽  
Nicolas Sau ◽  
Qutberto Acuña
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Lateral Earth Pressure ◽  
Earth Pressure Coefficient

Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient of Soils Subjected to Freeze–Thaw

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Zhao ◽  
Guoqing Zhou ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Wei Jiao ◽  
Jing Yu
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Saturated Soil ◽  
Frozen Soils ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Lateral Earth Pressure ◽  
Soil Deposits ◽  
Earth Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Water Saturated

Artificial frozen soils (AFS) have been used widely as temporary retaining walls in strata with soft and water-saturated soil deposits. After excavations, frozen soils thaw, and the lateral earth pressure penetrates through the soils subjected to freeze–thaw, and acts on man-made facilities. Therefore, it is important to investigate the lateral pressure (coefficient) responses of soils subjected to freeze–thaw to perform structure calculations and stability assessments of man-made facilities. A cubical testing apparatus was developed, and tests were performed on susceptible soils under conditions of freezing to a stable thermal gradient and then thawing with a uniform temperature (Fnonuni–Tuni). The experimental results indicated a lack of notable anisotropy for the maximum lateral preconsolidated pressures induced by the specimen’s compaction and freeze–thaw. However, the freeze–thaw led to a decrement of lateral earth pressure coefficient  K0, and  K0 decrement under the horizontal Fnonuni–Tuni was greater than that under the vertical Fnonuni–Tuni. The measured  K0 for normally consolidated and over-consolidated soil specimens exhibited anisotropic characteristics under the vertical Fnonuni–Tuni and horizontal Fnonuni–Tuni treatments. The anisotropies of  K0 under the horizontal Fnonuni–Tuni were greater than that under the vertical Fnonuni–Tuni, and the anisotropies were more noticeable in the unloading path than that in the loading path. These observations have potential significances to the economical and practical design of permanent retaining walls in soft and water-saturated soil deposits.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on At-rest Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient of Cemented Clay

2019 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 042014
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Wu ◽  
Zhengyin Cai ◽  
Kai Xu ◽  
Yunfei Guan ◽  
Yinghao Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Lateral Earth Pressure ◽  
Earth Pressure Coefficient

Study on Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient at Rest for Frozen Soils

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Yao ◽  
Jilin Qi ◽  
Fan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Negative Temperature ◽  
Frozen Soil ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Frozen Soils ◽  
Testing Conditions ◽  
Triaxial Apparatus ◽  
Lateral Earth Pressure ◽  
Earth Pressure Coefficient

The lateral earth pressure coefficient at rest, K0, is an important parameter in geotechnical engineering. There have been many studies for unfrozen soils; however, this is not the case for frozen soils, which impedes reasonable calculation concerning cold regions engineering. This paper introduces a novel triaxial apparatus for frozen soils with reference to that for unfrozen soils. The device is capable of performing experiments on frozen soil samples with K0 status under precisely controlled negative temperature. Two soils along the Qinghai-Tibetan highway are taken as study objects. K0 experiments are carried out with the apparatus and K0 is obtained under different testing conditions. It is found that temperature is a dominant factor in influencing K0 of frozen soils, while stress state and soil type should also be taken into account.

scholarly journals The Mechanics of Arching in Induced Trench Construction – A New Theoretical Formulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Campbell Bryden ◽  
Kaveh Arjomandi ◽  
Arun J. Valsangkar
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Horizontal Stress ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Theoretical Formulation ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
Lateral Earth Pressure ◽  
Earth Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Good Agreement

Full-scale experimental case studies have shown that the induced trench construction method effectively reduces the vertical earth load that is exerted on culverts installed beneath high embankments. Induced trench culverts are traditionally designed on the basis of Marston’s theory; however, various theoretical shortcomings of this formulation have recently come to light. In this paper, a new induced trench theoretical formulation is presented. The proposed analytical model employs inclined shear planes within the embankment fill; such geometry is consistent with experimental findings reported in the literature, and leads to positive arching resulting from a reduction in vertical stress and an increase in horizontal stress (thus increasing the lateral earth pressure coefficient within the induced trench zone). A series of parametric studies are performed using finite element software. The proposed theoretical formulation is shown to be in good agreement with the numerical results, and correlations are developed to provide guidance in selecting the appropriate values of: 1) the induced trench lateral earth pressure coefficient, and 2) the height to the plane of equal settlement. Two instrumented full-scale induced trench case studies are discussed, and the proposed theoretical formulation is shown to produce results that are in good agreement with the experimental data.

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