reinforced embankments
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Reinforced embankments
Design and calculation
Piazza delle Erbe, 1 • I-38017 Mezzolombardo (TN) Italy
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reinforced embankments
Reinforced embankments
reinforced embankments
Reinforced embankments Design and calculation
• Uphill side: interaction between the block and
the embankment
• Embankment structural response
• Downhill side: displacements and deformations
of the embankment
• Loads on foundations
reinforced embankments
Reinforced embankments Test 1:1 scale – numerical model
reinforced embankments
Uphill side the impact
Distinct Elements Model (DEM) calibrated by full-scale tests up to 6000 kJ
Elasto-visco-plastic analytical model
Penetration of the block Impact force transmission
reinforced embankments
Uphill side Block penetration and dynamic impact force
reinforced embankments
Structural response
OUTPUT
Failure surface
Size and weight of the volume
Forces between all the elements
INPUT Properties of the ground (fill material) and the reinforcing
structure (polymeric geogrids)
reinforced embankments
Downhill side displacements
reinforced embankments
Foundations loads
reinforced embankments
Reinforced embankments Design Approach (LSD)
Combined loads
Seismic performance analysis Structural response after impact
local and global stability
stresses on the reinforcing structure
Piazza delle Erbe, 1 • I-38017 Mezzolombardo (TN) Italy
Tel. +39 0461.60.55.28 • Fax +39 0461.18.60.182
web: www.rockfalldefence.com • email: [email protected]
