Simplified Method for Calculating the Active Earth Pressure on Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfill Width Based on DEM Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_center">Value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Soil</td><td class="align_left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unit weight, γ</td><td class="align_center">15.2 KN/m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Normal stiffness of particles, kn</td><td class="align_center">75 MN/m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Shear stiffness of particles, ks</td><td class="align_center">62.5 MN/m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Friction coefficient, μs</td><td class="align_center">1.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Particle radius, R</td><td class="align_center">0.03–0.05 m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Retaining wall</td><td class="align_left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Normal stiffness of particles, kn</td><td class="align_center">2000 MN/m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Shear stiffness of particles, ks</td><td class="align_center">2000 MN/m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Friction coefficient, μw</td><td class="align_center">1.0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Micromechanical properties for the DEM analysis.</div>

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Table 1: Simplified Method for Calculating the Active Earth Pressure on Retaining Walls of Narrow Backfill Width Based on DEM Analysis 