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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2014-09-01

发表刊物：GEOMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：7

期号：3

页面范围：263-277

ISSN号：2005-307X

关键字：earth pressure; retaining structures; analytical solution; horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients

摘要：In the conventional design of retaining structures in a seismic zone, seismic inertia forces are commonly assumed to act upwards and towards the wall facing to cause a maximum active thrust or act upwards and towards the backfill to cause a minimum passive resistance. However, under certain circumstances this design approach might underestimate the dynamic active thrust or overestimate the dynamic passive resistance acting on a rigid retaining structure. In this study, a new analytical method for dynamic active and passive forces in c-phi soils with an infinite slope was proposed based on the Rankine earth pressure theory and the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion, to investigate the influence of seismic inertia force directions on the total active and passive forces. Four combinations of seismic acceleration with both vertical (upwards or downwards) and horizontal (towards the wall or backfill) directions, were considered. A series of dimensionless dynamic active and passive force charts were developed to evaluate the key influence factors, such as backfill inclination., dimensionless cohesion c/gamma H, friction angle phi, horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients, k(h) and k(v). A comparative study shows that a combination of downward and towards-the-wall seismic inertia forces causes a maximum active thrust while a combination of upward and towards-the-wall seismic inertia forces causes a minimum passive resistance. This finding is recommended for use in the design of retaining structures in a seismic zone.