Analytical study on dynamic response of cantilever flexible retaining wall

• Published in: Archives of civil engineering 2023-01, Vol.69 (2), p.435-453
• Main Authors: Yang, Xiuzhu, Liu, Xinyuan, Zhao, Shuang, Yu, Jun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: analytic solution; Boundary conditions; Damping; Dynamic response; Earth pressure; Excitation; Far fields; flexible retaining wall; Helium; Mathematical analysis; Orthogonality; Retaining walls; Rigid walls; seismic analysis; Soil conditions; Soil dynamics; Soil layers; Soils; Trigonometric functions; Two dimensional analysis; Vibration; Vibration analysis; Wave mechanics; wave mechanics theory
• ISSN: 1230-2945; 2300-3103
• DOI: 10.24425/ace.2023.145277

Based on wave mechanics theory, the dynamic response characteristics of cantilever flexible wall in two-dimensional site are analyzed. The partial derivative of the vibration equation of soil layer is obtained, and the general solution of the volume strain is obtained by the separation of variables method. The obtained solution is substituted back to the soil layer vibration equation to obtain the displacement vibration general solution. Combined with the soil-wall boundary condition and the orthogonality of the trigonometric function, the definite solution of the vibration equation is obtained. The correctness of the solution is verified by comparing the obtained solution with the existing simplified solution and the solution of rigid retaining wall, and the applicable conditions of each simplified solution are pointed out. Through parameter analysis, it is shown that when the excitation frequency is low, the earth pressure on the wall is greatly affected by the soil near the wall. When the excitation frequency is high, the influence of the far-field soil on the earth pressure of the wall gradually increases. The relative stiffness of the wall, the excitation frequency and the soil layer damping factor have a significant effect on the dynamic response of the flexible retaining wall.