Limit States and Load and Resistance Design of Slopes and Retaining Structures

von Rodrigo Salgado, Dongwook Kim

264 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methods for slopes and MSE walls were developed based on probability theory. The complexity in developing LRFD for slopes and MSE walls results from the fact that (1) the representation of spatial variability of soil parameters of slopes using Gaussian random field is computationally demanding and (2) LRFD of MSE walls requires examination of multiple ultimate limit states for both external and internal stability checks. For each design case, a rational framework is developed accounting for different levels of target probability of failure (or target reliability index) based on the importance of the structure. The conventional equations for loads and resistance in the current MSE wall design guides are modified so that the equations more closely reproduce the ultimate limit states (ULSs) in the field with as little uncertainty as possible. The uncertainties of the parameters, the transformation and the models related to each ULS equation are assessed using data from an extensive literature review. The framework used to develop LRFD methods for slopes and MSE walls was found to be effective. For LRFD of slopes, several slopes were considered. Each was defined by the mean value of the strength parameters and unit weight of each soil layer and of the live load.

• ISBN: 9781622600861
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2008
• Größe: 280 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Purdue University Press