Exact seismic response of smooth rigid retaining walls resting on stiff soil

The assessment of forces exerted on walls by the backfill is a recurrent problem in geotechnical engineering, owing to its relevance for both retaining systems and underground structures. In particular, the work by Arias and colleagues, and later also the one by Veletsos and Younan, among others, becomes pertinent when considering pressure increments on underground structures triggered by seismic events. As a first step, they studied the response of a rigid retaining wall resting on rigid bedrock subjected to SV waves, introducing some simplifying assumptions. This paper presents the exact solution to this reference problem. The solution is given in horizontal wavenumber domain; hence, it comes in terms of inverse Fourier transforms, which can be approximated numerically in Mathematica, which in turn are verified against finite-element simulations. Specific features of this exact solution that were not captured by prior engineering approximations are highlighted and discussed.     

明挖地铁车站深基坑围护结构变形规律研究

随着城市地下空间的发展,地铁建设的兴起,明挖深基坑围护结构的变形直接影响着工程造价及周围建筑物的安全使用。以深圳地铁二号线东沿线的一个换乘车站-景田站深基坑为工程依托,采用现场实测和软件模拟计算的方法,研究”地下连续墙＋钢支撑”这一围护结构在深基坑施工中的变形规律,为深圳地区类似深基坑工程的围护结构优化设计和科学施工提供参考。     

Computer aided design of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls

Summary The computer aided design of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls is reported. The magnitude of tensile forces in the geosynthetic reinforcement has also been studied under external vertical and horizontal strip loads.     

Controlling the safety of geotechnical structures: a proposed approach

Summary This paper considers the safety of geotechnical structures using various design philosophies which include the global safety method and a number of limit state design methods. The methods are considered individually and their treatment of uncertainties of design briefly discussed in terms of parameter and system uncertainty. Each method is not designed to produce a definitive measure of safety, but should be viewed as an aid in the process of controlling or managing safety. Crucial to all design methods is the idea of a design parameter. However, in certain instances it is often not clear whether a design parameter should be an upper or lower bound on its possible value. A proposed limit state design method for overcoming this problem is outlined, based on putting bounds on parameters. An example of a reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall is used to demonstrate its advantages over current methods. The proposed method offers a more rational approach to the design of retaining structures.     

常用硅酸盐水泥护壁堵漏实践与探讨

水泥浆护壁堵漏是钻探施工对付复杂地层的有效方法之一。常用硅酸盐水泥通过外加剂改性可以获得与多种特种水泥同性能的水泥浆液。因而合理使用外加剂可以使常用普通水泥在现场处理复杂地层时代替特种水泥,取得良好的技术、经济效益。     

武警湖北省总队团职楼深基坑设计与施工

针对武警湖北省总队团职楼深基坑极为复杂的地质条件和周边环境,采用桩锚、锚喷网、放坡挂网喷砼和双排粉喷桩的联合支护方案,保证了基坑施工和周边建筑物及地下管线的安全,降低了工程成本,缩短了工期,取得了很好的经济效益和社会效益。     

机载LiDAR数据大区域城墙自动提取

针对传统测量耗时耗力且难以获取古城墙精确侧面信息的缺点,该文提出将LiDAR技术应用于古城墙数字存档工作。提出基于城墙断面的"横向探测—纵向探测"城墙顶部和侧面点云提取算法,以及"城墙待选区提取—断面格网构建—顶部侧面点云提取"技术方案,有效地克服城墙特殊的空间形态和复杂的点云结构所带来的点云分割困难,实现大区域机载LiDAR数据城墙点云自动提取,解决了利用机载LiDAR进行古城墙数字存档的关键技术问题。基于南京明城墙的实验结果表明,该算法对于大区域古城墙提取切实可行有效。     

土动力学研究综述及思考

随着国家重大构筑物的不断建设实施,考虑土体具有较高的动力易损性和致灾特性,工程构筑物的工程地质灾害和岩土工程动力致灾特性研究需要愈显迫切。通过对当前土动力学与岩土地震工程方面研究进展进行归纳总结,着重从土的动力强度、土的动本构关系、砂土的振动液化、铁路路基中的动应力、边坡地震永久变形和稳定性、挡土墙上的地震土压力等六个方面进行叙述,对其中涉及的各种研究方法进行比较和论述,最后提出了土动力学有待进一步深入研究的若干问题和未来发展方向,以期基于土动力学的发展而提升构筑物的抗震设防水平。     

桩锚结构在深基坑支护中的应用分析

以河南人民置业网络传媒大厦为实例,介绍深基坑工程设计选型过程和施工情况,并对变形监测结果中的基坑坡顶水平位移、冠梁水平位移、锚索拉力进行分析,对桩锚支护结构的设计和施工提出了建议。     

Finite element reliability analysis of reinforced retaining walls

This paper presents the reliability analysis of reinforced retaining wall using finite element method. Response surface approach is used to approximate the performance function and a first-order reliability method (FORM) is used to evaluate the reliability index. In the analysis, displacement response of the reinforced retaining wall is considered as performance function and the corresponding reliability index is evaluated with the aid of a spreadsheet. Uncertainties associated with the soil and reinforcement properties are explicitly taken into account in the analysis. A parametric sensitivity analysis has been performed to bring out the effect of important uncertain parameters by evaluating the sensitivity of the reliability index with respect to each of the uncertain parameters. Results of the response surface method coupled with finite element analysis show the ease and successful implementation of the reliability analysis procedure for the reinforced retaining walls.