Affiliation:
1. School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
2. Civil Engineering Division, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Abstract
Seismic design of soil-nailed walls requires demonstrations of tolerable ranges of wall movements, especially when a surcharge load exists near the wall. In this study, the effect of surcharge location on seismically induced wall movements was investigated using four centrifuge tests. The axial tensile forces, developed along the soil nails during the seismic loadings, were also measured during the tests. At 50g centrifugal acceleration, model tests represented a 12 m high prototype wall reinforced with five rows of soil nails. To apply a surcharge stress of 30 kPa at the specified location relative to the wall for each model test, a rigid footing was placed on the soil surface. The model soil-nailed walls were subjected to three successive earthquake motions. Surprisingly, it was found that the model wall with the footing located behind the soil-nailed region experienced the largest seismic movements, even more than when the footing was directly behind the wall. Furthermore, the tests showed that the lower soil nails played a key role in the wall stability during earthquake shaking, acting as a pivot for the pre-collapse cases tested, whereas the upper soil nails needed to be sufficiently extended to contribute properly to the seismic stability of the wall.
Subject
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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