Abstract
The aim of the present paper is two-fold. Firstly, the influence of design parameters, like the self weight of the soil, the angle of internal friction, cohesion, and the amount of reinforcement, on the stability of reinforced soil slopes is studied. The analysis presented is performed within a framework of the rigid-plastic theory of reinforced soil. The basic equations of the theory are solved with the help of the method of characteristics. As the solution to the system of governing equations, the bearing capacity of reinforced slope and the failure surface are obtained. Secondly, numerical computations performed for various sets of initial data allow for the study of the influence of particular parameters on the overall stability of reinforced slopes, as well as for some general conclusions. The approach proposed is rigorous from the viewpoint of limit plasticity and provides a framework inside which a discussion of other existing methods is performed.
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