Closure to 'Improved Simplified Method for Prediction of Loads in Reinforced Soil Walls' by Tony M. Allen and Richard J. Bathurst

摘要

The paper under discussion focused on the development of a new MSE wall reinforcement load (i.e., T_(max)) prediction method that has its roots in the AASHTO/FHWA Simplified Method and the previously proposed K-stiffness Method. The scope of this paper did not include step-by-step procedures to use the prediction method for MSE wall internal stability design; this task is reserved for a future paper that is in preparation.