Abstract
In order to evaluate stability of reinforced retaining walls, it is required to know the relations between displacement of a wall, tensile force of reinforcements, earth pressure against the wall, frictional force on reinforcement and so on. In this study these relations were observed in the finite element analysis taking into account the strain level of the backfill soils. As the results of the analysis, it was made clear that tensile force of the reinforcements and earth pressures against the wall as the small strain level of backfill soil are relatively small compared with those which are estimated in the current design. When the failure of backfill soil occurs, the tensile force and the earth pressures coincide with those in the current design. The relation between earth pressure against the wall and tensile stress of the reinforcement according to the wall displacement were clarify from this research.
