Geosynthetic Reinforced Multitiered Walls
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Vol. 130 (12), 1225-1235
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(2004)130:12(1225)
Abstract
Current design of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls shows that the tensile stress in the reinforcement increases rapidly with height. To take advantage of both the aesthetics and the economics of MSE walls while considering high heights, multitiered walls are often used. In such walls, an offset between adjacent tiers is used. If the offset is large enough, the tensile stress in the reinforcement in lower tiers is reduced. However, a rational design methodology for multitiered MSE walls that accurately predicts wall performance is lacking. AASHTO 98 design guidelines are limited to two-tiered walls with zero batter. In fact, this design is purely empirical using “calibrated” lateral earth pressures adopted from limited guidelines developed for metallic strip walls. Empirical data available for multitiered walls is limited and it seems to be nonexistent for geosynthetic walls. In fact, generation of an extensive database for tiered walls is a major challenge since there are practically limitless co...Keywords
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