• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.33-52
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• 1997

A three dimensional nonlinear finite element analysis is used to study the influence of various design decisions for tieback walls. The numerical model simulates the soldier piles and the tendon bonded length of the anchors with beam elements, the unbonded tendon with a spring element, the wood lagging with the shell elements, and the soil with solid 3D nonlinear elements. The soil model used is a modified hyperbolic model with unloading hysteresis. The complete sequence of construction is simulated including the excavation, and the placement and stressing of the anchors. The numerical model is calibrated against a full scale instrumented tieback wall at the National Geotechnical Experimentation Site (NGES) on the Riverside Campus of Texas A&M University. Then a parametric study is conducted. The results give information on the influence of the following factors on the wall behavior : location of the first anchor, length of the tendon unbonded zone, magnitude of the anchor forces, embedment of the soldier piles, stiffness of the wood lagging, and of the piles. The implications in design are discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.83-92
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• 2000

벽체의 수평변위 중 토체의 침하 및 앵커체 자체의 움직임 등으로 인해 발생하는 mass movement가 타이백 앵커토류벽의 거동에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 시공사례에 대한 유한요소 해석을 실시하여 벽체의 변위, 겉보기토압, mass movement 및 앵커 자유장 내에서의 하중 변화를 투적하였다. 유한요소해석법을 이용해 mass movement를 계산, 예측할 수 있었으며, 시공 순서에 따흔 앵커 자유장 내의 하중변화를 예측할수 있었다. 현장계측결과와 유한요소해석결과로부터 벽체변위, 겉보기토압 및 앵커의 하중 변화에 미치는 mass movement의 영향이 매우 큼을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.113-129
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• 1999

In this study, a total of 12 types of sequential model tests were conducted at the laboratory for small scale anchored walls. The sequential behavior for flexible wall embedded in sand was investigated by varying degrees of relative density of Joomoonjin sand and flexibility number of model wall. The model tests were carried out in a 1000mm width, 1500mm length, and 1000mm high steel box. Load cells, pressure cells, displacement transducer and dial gauges were used to measure the anchor forces, lateral wall deflections, lateral earth pressures and vertical displacements of ground surface, respectively. Limited model tests were performed to examine the parameters for soil-wall interaction model and the formulation of analytical method was revised in order to predict the behavior of anchored wall in sand. Based on the model tests and proposed analytical method, model simulations were performed and the predictions by the present approach were compared with measurements by the model tests and predictions by other commercial programs. It is shown that the prediction by the present approach simulates qualitatively well the general trend observed for model test.