Recent huge earthquakes have caused severe and small damage to a number of geogrid-reinforced soil walls. For proper repair or reconstruction, it is necessary to evaluate degree of damage of those structures. In this research, the pullout test of geogrid subjected to the unloading-reloading process was carried out to investigate its effects on the pullout resistance. The results were then used to evaluate the factor of safety and sliding surface of the damaged geogrid reinforced soil wall. GRSW models in centrifuge shaking and tilting table tests under 50G were performed. The two wedge method analysis was used to evaluate the stability of damaged GRSW using the both peak and residual strength of backfill soil. The results of experiments and theory were discussed.
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