0-6716 : design parameters and methodology for mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls.

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• Creators:
  Biscontin, Giovanna ; Dantal, Vishal S. ; Huang, Jie ; Sadat, Rafat ; Bin-Shafique, Sazzad
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Earth walls
  • Backfill soils
  • Statistical analysis
  • Monte Carlo method
  • Simulation
  • Bearing capacity
  • Design
  • Lagrangian functions
  • Methodology
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-6716
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Abstract:
  Since their appearance in the 1970s, mechanically ; stabilized earth (MSE) walls have become a majority ; among all types of retaining walls due to their economics ; and satisfactory performance. The Texas Department of ; Transportation (TxDOT) has primarily adopted the ; guidelines published by the Federal Highway ; Administration and the American Association of State ; Highway and Transportation (AASHTO) for design of MSE ; walls. However, TxDOT engineers have expressed ; concerns about both design assumptions and ; methodology, including soil parameter selection, to meet ; the required stability limits and possible failure ; modes. Validation of the assumptions and design methods ; is needed now since these uncertainties may lead to ; serviceability issues.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28770/dot_28770_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 262.51 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b76a0a3b8c35bdce847fd1b03a4b4853a7701c79653338251bc4787e089b6832e1063ecdef53f2031c08d9a9c6e35c68346a9916c92fe6a9be50ac5f9c10a957