Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state.
This paper investigates the sliding surface failure characteristics, earth pressure distribution law and stability safety factor of inverted T-type retaining wall by using the finite element limit analysis software OptumG2, the effects of width of wall heel plate, width of wall toe plate, thickness...
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author | Yongqing Zeng Weidong Hu Meixin Chen Yinghuan Zhang Xiaohong Liu Xinnian Zhu |
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description | This paper investigates the sliding surface failure characteristics, earth pressure distribution law and stability safety factor of inverted T-type retaining wall by using the finite element limit analysis software OptumG2, the effects of width of wall heel plate, width of wall toe plate, thickness of bottom plate, soil-wall interface friction angle, soil cohesion and soil internal friction angle of filling on the failure characteristics of sliding surface, the earth pressure distribution law and stability safety factor of retaining walls are analyzed, The stability safety factor of the retaining wall showed a gradually increasing trend as the width of wall heel plate and wall toe plate increased; as the bottom plate thickness increases, the stability safety factor of the retaining wall gradually increases; as the soil-wall interface element reduction coefficient rises, that is, the internal friction angle of the soil-wall gradually increases to the soil internal friction angle, the stability safety factor of the retaining wall gradually increases; as the soil cohesion and internal friction angle increase, the stability safety factor of the retaining wall progressively increases. The safety factor of retaining wall increases by 0.45 for every 0.5m increase in the width of the wall heel plate; the safety factor of the retaining wall increases by 0.29 when the width of the wall toe plate increases by 0.5m; for every 0.5m increase in the width of wall plate thickness, the safety factor of the retaining wall is increased by 0.62; for every 0.25 increase in soil-wall interface element reduction coefficient, the safety factor of the retaining wall increases by 0.29; for every increase of 5KPa in soil cohesion, the safety factor of the retaining wall increased by 1.16; for every 5° increases in soil internal friction angle, the safety factor of retaining wall increases by 0.6. The research is significant for studying the failure laws and stability of retaining walls and providing references for retaining wall design. |
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spelling | doaj.art-6c4867787bed4943be3f4e7b5bf8a5742024-02-17T05:32:55ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01192e029833710.1371/journal.pone.0298337Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state.Yongqing ZengWeidong HuMeixin ChenYinghuan ZhangXiaohong LiuXinnian ZhuThis paper investigates the sliding surface failure characteristics, earth pressure distribution law and stability safety factor of inverted T-type retaining wall by using the finite element limit analysis software OptumG2, the effects of width of wall heel plate, width of wall toe plate, thickness of bottom plate, soil-wall interface friction angle, soil cohesion and soil internal friction angle of filling on the failure characteristics of sliding surface, the earth pressure distribution law and stability safety factor of retaining walls are analyzed, The stability safety factor of the retaining wall showed a gradually increasing trend as the width of wall heel plate and wall toe plate increased; as the bottom plate thickness increases, the stability safety factor of the retaining wall gradually increases; as the soil-wall interface element reduction coefficient rises, that is, the internal friction angle of the soil-wall gradually increases to the soil internal friction angle, the stability safety factor of the retaining wall gradually increases; as the soil cohesion and internal friction angle increase, the stability safety factor of the retaining wall progressively increases. The safety factor of retaining wall increases by 0.45 for every 0.5m increase in the width of the wall heel plate; the safety factor of the retaining wall increases by 0.29 when the width of the wall toe plate increases by 0.5m; for every 0.5m increase in the width of wall plate thickness, the safety factor of the retaining wall is increased by 0.62; for every 0.25 increase in soil-wall interface element reduction coefficient, the safety factor of the retaining wall increases by 0.29; for every increase of 5KPa in soil cohesion, the safety factor of the retaining wall increased by 1.16; for every 5° increases in soil internal friction angle, the safety factor of retaining wall increases by 0.6. The research is significant for studying the failure laws and stability of retaining walls and providing references for retaining wall design.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298337&type=printable |
spellingShingle | Yongqing Zeng Weidong Hu Meixin Chen Yinghuan Zhang Xiaohong Liu Xinnian Zhu Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state. PLoS ONE |
title | Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state. |
title_full | Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state. |
title_fullStr | Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state. |
title_full_unstemmed | Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state. |
title_short | Study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t-type retaining wall in active limit state. |
title_sort | study on the failure characteristics of sliding surface and stability analysis of inverted t type retaining wall in active limit state |
url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298337&type=printable |
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