Engineering kinematic theory of the contact earth pressure and its application to the static calculation of thin quay walls

Construction of deep-water thrust berthing structures requires using new and more perfect methods of calculation containing fewer assumptions. A version of the engineering kinematic theory of contact earth pressure in the application to the water-transport and offshore structures was suggested in the article. A dimensionless static “compression – tension” diagram of the soil, presented by curvilinear function, was used in the method. In this case, the displacement of the limit point of the diagram is determined with the account of the plastic deformation modulus in the earth contact point. Practical application of engineering theory was implemented in the proposed method of the mirroring with respect to anchored thin walls. In this method different lateral pressure profiles depending on the rated scheme were used. This method consists in three steps’ loading of anchored wall. The first stage – the normal calculation of the wall in the form of beam loaded by active earth pressure and bearing on the anchor pole and partly on the base ground. The second stage – the anchor reaction and the foundation earth reactive pressure are mirrored in the form of external loads acting on the part of the water area on the beam bearing on the backfill and foundation soil. Third stage – repeating the first external load in the form of the earth pressure profile behind the wall derived in the second calculation step. Suggested calculation as distinct from existing methods, which are using active earth pressure, defines more exactly the strains in retaining wall upward or downward.