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Influence of tension cut-off on the stability of anchored concrete soldier-pile walls in clay

2008; NRC Research Press; Volume: 45; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1139/t08-039

1208-6010

A. N. Antão, Nuno Guerra, Manuel Matos Fernandes, António Silva Cardoso,

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures

A previous paper studied the stability of soldier-pile walls in clay under vertical loading using upper bound analyses. A classical Tresca yield criterion was assumed in that analysis. This paper extends that study by considering a tension truncated Tresca yield criterion in an upper bound numerical analysis of the problem. It shows that assuming zero tension soil strength has a significant influence on the values of the minimum soldier-pile resistance required to ensure stability.