WALL DISPLACEMENT AND TENSILE FORCE DISTRIBUTION ON GEOSYNTHETICS IN REINFORCED SOIL WALL

Abstract

The establishment of a geosynthetics-reinforced soil wall having vertical faces using concrete panels is desired. Concrete panels lack in their supporting strength; thus they are supported by various reinforcements. Therefore, the displacement and stability of each step of concrete panels must be studied, together with the stability of whole reinforced soil walls. In the study, a relationship between the displacement of the wall whose area is equivalent to that of one panel and the tensile force distribution characteristics has been clarified by means of three kinds of reinforcements having different tensile stiffness using a small-scale movable retaining wall device.