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Effect of different parameters involved in the design of reinforced soil retaining walls on the required minimum reinforcement length and the governing failure mode were studied.
Most agencies require minimum reinforcement length equal to 70percentt of wall height.
The minimum reinforcement length criteria vary throughout the world; however most specifications and guidelines require that minimum length should be equal to 70% of wall height.
This paper presents the results of parametric studies conducted, including the effect of different parameters on the required minimum reinforcement length and the governing failure criteria.
Effect of different parameters on the required minimum reinforcement length and the governing design criteria were investigated for these four reinforcement types.
Results indicated that both external and internal failure modes can be governing criteria in determining the required minimum reinforcement length depending on the parameters involved for a specific wall.
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Among the four reinforcement types considered, the metal strips usually require the longest lengths; however, it is possible to reduce the required minimum reinforcement lengths of the metal strips by increasing the coverage ratio.
Design reinforcement length should be such that minimum required safety factors are fulfilled for all failure modes.
The influences of backfill creep, reinforcement creep, reinforcement stiffness, reinforcement length and reinforcement spacing were analyzed.
For the reinforcement length, there exists a critical beyond which no further improvement can be attained, while smaller vertical reinforcement spacing leads to shorter critical reinforcement length.
The magnitude and distribution of reinforcement connection loads was significantly affected by the reinforcement length, vertical spacing and stiffness.
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