The Effect of Changes in Length of Reinforcements on the Numerical Analysis of Reinforced Soil Walls

The effect of changes in length of reinforcements on the model output results of compared to the model are calibrated. Traditionally, the design of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls is performedusing the simplified classical analysis or empirical methods. Unfortunately, the applications of thesemethods render various degrees of approximations in determination of major designing factors. In thispaper, the behavior of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls is studied by the numerical method withPLAXIS 2-D software. In that case, the length of reinforcements than the calibrated models havechanged, the maximum displacement of the wall is a big change than calibrated model. According to the results of numerical analysis, increasing the length of reinforcements, the effect of small on the maximum deformation of the facing has a total height of the wall. When the length of reinforcements have reduced or increased, the tension in reinforcements than the calibrated model respectively increased or decreased

کلیدواژه ها:

Length of reinforcement ، Reinforced soil wall ، PLAXIS software