Abstract: The Simplified Method as reported in AASHTO and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) manuals has been demonstrated to give poor predictions of unfactored reinforcement loads and strains, especially for geosynthetic ...

Abstract: The paper reports the results of load and resistance factor design (LRFD) calibration for pullout and yield limit states for steel strip reinforced soil walls under self-weight loading. An important feature of the calibration ...

Abstract: The paper investigates the accuracy of the AASHTO simplified method by using load measurements reported in a large database of full-scale instrumented walls for bar mat, welded wire, and steel strip soil reinforced walls. ...

Abstract: The paper reports numerical model details and predictions of the end-of-construction performance for two instrumented and well-documented mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls. The walls were constructed as part of the ...

Abstract: The results of load and resistance factor design (LRFD) calibration are reported for the pullout limit state in geogrid reinforced soil walls under self-weight loading and permanent uniform surcharge. Bias statistics are ...

Abstract: This paper demonstrates reliability-based analysis of tensile strength and pullout limit states for mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls constructed with steel-strip reinforcement. Five different reinforcement tensile ...

Abstract: Design for the tensile strength limit state of steel strip reinforcement in mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls must provide for loss of steel thickness due to corrosion. The paper combined key features of zinc and ...

Abstract: Design for the tensile strength limit state of steel strip reinforcement in mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls must provide for loss of steel thickness due to corrosion. The paper combined key features of zinc and ...