Abstract: The response surface method (RSM) with a quadratic polynomial was used to formulate three equations for the calculation of the maximum reinforcement loads in steel-reinforced mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls under ...

Abstract: A general approach for reliability-based analysis and design for pullout and tensile failure internal limit states of soil nail walls is presented. Reliability index values are computed using a closed-form solution that ...

Abstract: In an earlier paper, the writers proposed modifications to the AASHTO simplified method to address shortcomings in the method and to improve reinforcement load predictions for walls under operational conditions. The new ...

Abstract: AbstractThe paper reports the methodology and results of load and resistance factor design (LRFD) calibration for tensile strength and pullout limit states for mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls constructed with ...