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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2020.36.12.57

Numerical Investigations on the Excavation Width and Property of Deformation of Earth Retaining Wall  

Park, Choon-Sik (Dept. of Civil, Environment and Chemical Engrg., Changwon National Univ.)
Joung, Sung-min (Geo Test & Technical Service)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.36, no.12, 2020 , pp. 57-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the case of two-dimensional analysis generally applied in the analysis of Earth Retaining Wall, mutual interference occurs due to earth pressure, when the excavation width is small, and in the section where the excavation width is small, and the resulting influence makes it difficult to secure reliability in the horizontal displacement of the retaining wall when performing 2-dimensional analysis in a section with a small excavation width. This study performed two-dimensional and three-dimensional finite element analyses on excavation depth (H) and excavation width (B) under various conditions for the H-pile earth wall, in the geological conditions of clayey soil, sandy soil, and weathered rock, and examined the relationship between excavation width and horizontal displacement according to each condition, to identify the boundary of the excavation width, which is the range of mutual interference caused by earth pressure. As a result, it was possible to clearly distinguish the analytical boundary according to the excavation width only in the clayey soils with relatively large horizontal displacement. It is concluded that it is reasonable to perform a 3D finite element analysis, which is similar to the actual behavior, if the excavation scale (B/H) is 2.0 or less, with the digging width less than 12 m at a digging depth of 10 m or less, and with the the one less than 24 m at a digging depth of 10 m or more, and that 2-dimensional finite element analysis may be used in cases where the excavation width is greater than 12 m when the excavation scale (B/H) is 2.0 or more and the excavation depth is 10 m or less, and the excavation width is greater than 24 m at an excavation depth of 10 m or more.
Keywords
Excavation of earth retaining wall; Excavation width; Horizontal displacement; Property of deformation; Three dimensional FEM analysis; Two dimensional FEM analysis;
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