Development of Horizontal Slice Method for seismic stability analysis of reinforced slopes and walls

Pseudo-dynamic analysis of seismic stability of reinforced slopes considering non-associated flow rule

“…It is observed that the effect of k v changes from increasing to decreasing as the friction angle exceeds 15°, which has not been mentioned in the earlier investigations. Figure 9 shows the variation of K with φ for c * =0, k h =0.2, k v =0, and f a =1.0 obtained by the present study compared with the results of LING et al [8], MICHALOWSKI [12], AUSILIO et al [13] and NOURI et al [10] for the same values of parameters. It is observed that the curve corresponding to the ψ=φ case generally presents the lowermost values for K. But, MICHALOWSKI [12] solution (considering logarithmic spiral mechanism) gives the highest result especially for lower friction angles.…”

“…Later, LING and LESHCHINSKYI [9] extended LING et al's [8] study by taking into account the effect of vertical earthquake acceleration. NOURI et al [10] applied a new limit equilibrium method named as the horizontal slice method to investigate the seismic stability of reinforced slopes. JAHANANDISH and KESHAVARZ [11] developed the slip line method to investigate the seismic bearing capacity of foundations on reinforced soil slopes.…”

Experimental study on seismic deformation modes of reinforced-soil walls

“…Additionally, analytical models such as the homogenized analytical concept (Chen et al, 2000), limit analysis (Porbaha et al, 2000), limit equilibrium (Baker and Klein, 2004a,b;Nouri et al, 2006Nouri et al, , 2008Shekarian et al, 2008;Reddy et al, 2008) and the characteristics method (Jahanandish and Keshavarz, 2005) have been developed. Bathurst et al (2005) established a working stress method for the calculation of reinforcement loads in geosynthetic reinforced-soil walls using a database of instrumented and monitored full-scale field and laboratory walls.…”

Numerical simulation and sensitivity analyses of full-scale test embankment with reinforced lightweight geomaterials on soft Bangkok clay

“…Issues related to the design and factors affecting the performance of reinforced soil have been addressed by many researches in recent times (e.g. Bathurst et al, 2005;Park and Tan, 2005;Skinner and Rowe, 2005b;Al Hattamleh and Muhunthan, 2006;Hufenus et al, 2006;Nouri et al, 2006;Chen and Chiu, 2008). Also, the behavior of reinforced earth structures has been comprehensively studied through field observations of full-scale physical model, laboratory model testing, and numerical simulation (Bergado et al, 1995(Bergado et al, , 2000(Bergado et al, , 2003Frankowska, 2005;Varuso et al, 2005;Bergado and Teerawattanasuk, 2007;Bathurst, 2005, 2006;Ling and Leshchinsky, 2003;Won and Kim, 2007).…”