Langjährige Erfahrungen des Tragverhaltens von Bewehrte-Erde-Brückenwiderlagern

A long experience in structural behaviour of Reinforced Earth for the application of bridge abutments

Since Reinforced Earth was invented in the early 60s of the last century, many retaining walls and bridge abutments had been erected using this technique. The main research of the load bearing behaviour of reinforced earth bridge abutments started more than 40 year ago. Since that many improvements by exploring scale models, measurements on test and real structures had been executed. This article shall remind clients, contractors and engineers the Reinforced Earth is combining technical and economical advantages for the application of bridge abutments.