Sand Deformation Mechanisms and Earth Pressures Mobilised with Passive Rigid Retaining Wall Movements
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Journal Title
Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics
ISSN
0016-8505
Publisher
ICE Publishing
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Article
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Deng, c., & Haigh, S. Sand Deformation Mechanisms and Earth Pressures Mobilised with Passive Rigid Retaining Wall Movements. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.85098
Abstract
A series of centrifuge tests was conducted to explore the deformation mechanisms and earth pressures mobilised in loose and dense sand for a complete set of passive movement modes of a rigid retaining wall: rotation about the top and base and translation. Sand deformations were measured by particle image velocimetry and earth pressures were observed by a Tekscan pressure mapping system. Simplified linkages between wall displacements, sand strains and earth pressures were built. Superposition of such results would allow designers to predict retaining wall behaviour in sand during the construction sequence as well as ultimate collapse in a mobilisable strength design procedure.
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China Scholarship Council
Embargo Lift Date
2025-06-02
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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.85098
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337692
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