考虑土拱效应的刚性挡墙主动土压力分析

以墙后填土为无黏性土的刚性挡土墙为研究对象,考虑墙后土体的土拱效应,修改了Shubhra Geol抛物线形土拱表达式,推导了对应不同内摩擦角和墙-土摩擦角的挡土墙平动模式下的主动土压力系数。基于水平微分单元法,得到考虑土拱效应的主动土压力分布、合力大小和合力作用点高度的理论表达式,并与现有经典理论解及前人理论研究成果和模型试验数据进行对比分析,结果表明,主动土压力与墙-土接触面摩擦角、土体内摩擦角、土体重度和挡墙高度相关,土压力分布为非线性,与其他结果比较吻合,从而验证了该研究成果的正确性。

Analysis of active earth pressure on rigid retaining walls considering soil arching

Taking a rigid retaining wall with cohesionless backfill for example, considering the soil arching, the active earth pressure factor is derived for retaining wall under translation mode with different internal friction angles and wall-soil friction angles. The Shubhra Geol parabolic soil arching expression is modified. Based on horizontal differential element method, new formulations are proposed for calculating the active earth pressure, the resultant earth pressure and its action point. In order to check the accuracy of the proposed formulation, the predictions from the equation are compared with the results of full-scale test and existing classical theory. The results show that the active earth pressure is related to wall-soil friction angle, the internal friction angle, the unit weight of backfill and the height of retaining wall. It is shown that the earth pressure is nonlinear and the previous research results show great agreement with each other; and the correctness of the results is verified.