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Abstract

Parts of the retaining wall might produce displacement under different load conditions. The moveable wall could impact the adjacent fixed wall, mainly reflecting on the variation of earth pressure and formation of the soil arching effect. This paper conducted the horizontal trap-door test to explore the variation of active earth pressure caused by partial displacement of the retaining wall. Different trap-door width and three displacement modes were addressed as the influence factors. The results indicated that the horizontal soil arching effect was generated after the active displacement of the trap-door and the soil pressure was redistributed. The distribution of lateral soil pressure was approximately an “inverted bell” curve. For trap-door widths of 20 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm, a secondary soil arching effect appeared in the test. The relationship between lateral earth pressure and displacement was different with the traditional limited theory due to the influence of the soil arching effect. The variation curve of earth pressure corresponding to displacement could be divided into three stages. In addition, the distribution of earth pressure along the trap-door height was non-linear. Trap-door width can significantly influence the maximum earth pressure on the fixed wall and the range where pressure changes. Finally, the effect of load sharing was explored and found to be related with displacement and width of trap-door as well as the displacement mode.

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Title
Analysis of Earth Pressure Variation for Partial Displacement of Retaining Wall
Author
Zhang, Hongbo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Liu, Mingpeng 1 ; Zhou, Pengfei 2 ; Zhao, Zhizhong 3 ; Li, Xiaoliang 4 ; Xu, Xiaobin 2 ; Song, Xiuguang 1 

 School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; [email protected] (H.Z.); [email protected] (M.L.) 
 Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co., Ltd., Jinan 250001, China; [email protected] (P.Z.); [email protected] (X.X.) 
 School of Civil Engineering, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan 250023, China 
 Shandong Hi-Speed Company Limited, Jinan 250014, China; [email protected] 
First page
4152
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20763417
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2528274302
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.