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From: Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design Under Elevated Temperature Conditions
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(a) Typical MSE wall structure and (b) 3D isometric view of wall schematic showing face panel and backfill reinforcing elements

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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)

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(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].

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2D Transient heat flow analysis domain: (a) schematic/cross section through typical MSE wall; (b) sinusoidal temperature profile along external surfaces

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Boundary conditions for field data recorded in June 1986

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Correlation between ansys-computed and field-measured data

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Boundary conditions for modeling soil backfill temperatures in Las Vegas

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Thermal modeling results for Las Vegas, NV: (a) temperature distribution; (b) dectionwise variation of soil backfill temperatures