| Title: | Optimization of embedded retaining walls under the effects of groundwater seepage using a reliability-based and partial factor design approach |
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| Authors: | ID Varga, Rok (Author)
ID Žlender, Bojan (Author)
ID Jelušič, Primož (Author) |
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| Files: |  applsci-14-11135.pdf (2,13 MB)
MD5: 8077CFC483E266279E70B65806F34141
 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/23/11135
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FGPA - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture
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| Abstract: | In this paper, a comparative analysis of the effects of groundwater, seepage and hydraulic heave on the optimal design of embedded retaining walls is carried out. The optimization model for an optimal retaining wall (ORW) minimizes the total length of the retaining wall considering design constraints. The model is extended to include the probability of failure as an additional constraint. This overcomes the limitations of the partial safety factor approach, which does not fully account for uncertainties in the soil. In contrast, the reliability-based design (RBD) approach integrates these uncertainties and enables an assessment of the impact of seepage and hydraulic heave on the reliability of the structure. A real-coded genetic algorithm was used to determine optimal designs for both optimization methods. The results of the case study show that the addition of seepage (groundwater flow) to the hydrostatic conditions has a modest effect on the embedment depth. The design based on partial safety factors, which takes seepage into account, leads to a slight increase in the embedment depth of 0.94% compared to a retaining wall design that only takes the hydrostatic conditions of the groundwater into account. When designing on the basis of probability failure, the percentage increase in embedment depth due to seepage is between 2.19% and 6.41%, depending on the target probability of failure. Furthermore, the hydraulic heave failure mechanism did not increase the required embedment depth of the retaining wall, which means that the failure mechanism of rotation near the base was decisive for the design. |
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| Keywords: | embedded retaining wall, reliability-based design, partial safety factor design, optimization, genetic algorithm |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 18.11.2024 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 26.11.2024 |
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| Publication date: | 29.11.2024 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2024 |
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| Number of pages: | 17 str. |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 14, iss. 23, [article no.] 11135 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-91302  |
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| UDC: | 624.131.5:004.8 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2076-3417 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 218377475 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/app142311135 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 10.12.2024 |
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| Views: | 209 |
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| Downloads: | 27 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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