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Department of Civil EngineeringDepartment of Civil Engineering
IIT IIT GuwahatiGuwahati
Strength Characteristics: Reinforced Earth
� Behavior of reinforced earth and
determination of strength characteristics
� Static Triaxial Compression test
� Soil samples are reinforced with discs or rings
or fibers of metallic or non-metallic materials
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� Loaded to failure under different confining
pressures
� Furnish
� Stress-strain characteristics of reinforced earth
� Strength envelope for reinforced soil
Basic Concept
� Strength of reinforced soil [Schlosser
and Long (1978)]
� Two-dimensional element of cohesionless soil
(φ – Angle of internal friction)
� Reinforcement layers at vertical spacing S
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A B
Sz
σ1
E
� Reinforcement layers at vertical spacing Sz
� Subjected to a confining pressure of σ3
� Vertical stress of magnitude σ1 is applied
and increased to failure
� Linear wedge (FE of length b) failure
assumed to take place at an angle θ with the
vertical
CD
σ3 σ3
σ1
θ
F
b
Basic Concept
� Strength of reinforced soil [Schlosser
and Long (1978)]
� Free-body diagram of the upper section of
the failed soil mass during equilibrium
� Considering only the wedge GEF
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A B
σ1
σ3
σ3
EG
στ
Tb
� Considering only the wedge GEF
� σ3 on AG and BE balances each other
� Equilibrium of the wedge
� GF: Confining stress σ3
� GE: Vertical stress σ1
� BC: Normal stress σn and shear stress τ
� Total reinforcement force T
� Summation of the forces in various reinforcing
layers intersected by FE
σn
τ
F
σ1
σ3
EG
σn
τ
T
F
b
Basic Concept
� Strength of reinforced soil [Schlosser
and Long (1978)]
� Equilibrium equations
� ΣV = 0
ΣH = 0
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σ1
σ3
EG
σn
τ
T
F
τ cos θ
σn sin θ
1. sin . cos . sinnb b bσ θ τ θ σ θ= +
b
. cos . sin . cosb T b bσ θ τ θ σ θ+ + =� ΣH = 0
� At failure, Mohr’s circle cuts the failure
envelope
� Combine the equations
σ1
σ3
EG
σnτ
T
F
τ sin θ
σn cos θ
b
3. cos . sin . cosnb T b bσ θ τ θ σ θ+ + =
tannτ σ φ=
( ) ( )1 3
tan tan
tan sin
T
b
θ φ θ φσ σ
θ θ
+ += +
Reinforcement Failures
� Two types of failure
� Rupture of reinforcement
� Governed by the tensile capacity of reinforcement
per unit length (RT)
� Maximum tensile force generated at the verge of
rupture of reinforcement
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σ1
σ3
EG
Tbrupture of reinforcement
� No. of reinforcement
in the reinforced soil mass
� Slippage of reinforcement
� Governed by the total friction force generated in
various layers of reinforcement at the verge of
failure
. cosT
z
R bT
S
θ=
σn
τ
T
F
b
*1
cos2 . . r
z
bT f b
S
θσ=
Width of reinforcement (Strip reinforcements)
Coefficient of interface friction
Friction force developed on one side
of the reinforcement
Reinforcement Failure: Rupture
� Rupture failure of reinforcement
� Total tensile capacity of the
reinforcements (all reinforcements
intersected by FE) gets exceeded
� T = Total tensile capacity as f(RT)
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σ1
σ3
EG
T
( )tanR θ φ+
θ
� Identification of the rupture plane
� Inclination θ at which σ1 is maximum
� On substitution
σn
τ
F
( ) ( )1 3
tan tan
tan sin
T
b
θ φ θ φσ σ
θ θ
+ += +
( )1 3
tan
tan
T
z
R
S
θ φσ σ
θ
+ = +
1 0 45 / 2σ
θ φθ
∂= ⇒ = −
∂
( ) ( )21 3 tan 45 / 2T zR Sσ σ φ= + +
. cosT
z
R bT
S
θ=
Reinforcement Failure: Rupture
� Rupture failure of reinforcement
� Relationship between vertical and
horizontal stress
N � Flow value of the soil mass
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σ1
σ3
EG
Tθ
( )1 3 T zR S Nφσ σ= + 2tan 452
Nφφ
= +
� Nφ� Flow value of the soil mass
� For an unreinforced c-φ soil, relation
between the principal stresses
� Analogically
� Pseudo cohesion generated in a
cohesionless soil due to reinforcement
σn
τ
F
1 3 2N c Nφ φσ σ= +
2
T
z
Rc N
Sφ=
� Rupture failure of reinforcement
� Shear strength envelopes of
unreinforced and reinforced
soils are same (tan φ)
� Additional strength is
imparted by the reinforcement
as pseudo-cohesion (c)
Reinforcement Failure: Sliding/Slippage
� Sliding failure of reinforcement
� Total friction capacity of the
reinforcements (all reinforcements
intersected by FE) gets exceeded
� T = Total tensile capacity as f(f*)
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σ1
σ3
EG
T
( )tan tanθ φ θ+
θ
� Identification of the rupture plane
� Inclination θ at which σ1 is maximum
σn
τ
F
( ) ( )1 3
tan tan
tan sin
T
b
θ φ θ φσ σ
θ θ
+ += +
( )
( )1 3 *
tan tan.
tan2 .1 .
tan
r
z
b f
S
θ φ θσ σ
θ φ
θ
+=
+−
1 0 45 / 2σ
θ φθ
∂= ⇒ = −
∂*
1cos
2 . . rz
bT f b
S
θσ=
Reinforcement Failure: Sliding/Slippage
� Sliding failure of reinforcement
� On substitution
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σ1
σ3
EG
Tθ
3 '1 3*2 .
1 .r
z
NN
b fN
S
φφ
φ
σσ σ= =
−
� No content of pseudo-cohesion
� Improvement in the internal friction
angle of reinforced soil
� Angle of internal friction of the
reinforced soil mass
σn
τ
F
zS
'RN Nφ φ φ φ> ⇒ >
( )' 2tan 45 / 2RNφ φ= +
Mohr’s Circle Representation
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Slippage FailureRupture Failure
Precedence of Failure
� Which failure will prevail???
� Slippage failure prevails
� Total friction force generated due to interface friction < Total tensile capacity
of the reinforcements
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*1
. coscos2 . . T
rR bb
f bS S
θθσ <
3 '1 3*2 .
1 .r
NN
b fN
φφ
σσ σ= =
−
� Any special implication of the above relationship???
� With regard to reinforced retaining walls !
� In a natural state, confining pressure (σ3) is a function of depth
12 . . rz z
f bS S
σ <
*
3 *
2 .. 1
2 . .
rT
z
r
b fR N
S
b f N
φ
φ
σ
−
<
2 .1 .r
z
b fN
Sφ−
Precedence of Failure
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Slippage Failure
� Increase in soil strength due to reinforcement
� Increased friction angle φR or pseudo-cohesion c
� Contributory factors
� Shear strength of sand
� Tensile strength, frictional strength and distribution of reinforcement
Rupture Failure
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