Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: (a) Typical MSE wall structure and (b) 3D isometric view of wall schematic showing face panel and backfill reinforcing elements

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: Laboratory tensile strength testing of unconditioned uniaxial HDPE geogrid: (a) universal testing machine; (b) environmental chamber; (c) test results (error bars represent ±1 standard deviation from the mean value)

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: (a) Photograph of Tanque-Verde MSE wall in Tucson, AZ; (b) wall cross section 26–30 showing field-measured temperature data (upper and lower data were taken in June 1986 and June 1996, respectively. Adapted from Ref. [7].

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: 2D Transient heat flow analysis domain: (a) schematic/cross section through typical MSE wall; (b) sinusoidal temperature profile along external surfaces

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: Boundary conditions for field data recorded in June 1986

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: Correlation between ansys-computed and field-measured data

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: Boundary conditions for modeling soil backfill temperatures in Las Vegas

Date of download: 10/26/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2015;7(2):021004-021004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4029354 Figure Legend: Thermal modeling results for Las Vegas, NV: (a) temperature distribution; (b) dectionwise variation of soil backfill temperatures