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The assumptions involved in the current method recommended in the FHWA Design Manual and the Coherent Gravity method for design of reinforced earth walls resulted in many discrepancies. These assumptions resulted, in many cases, in either overestimating or underestimating the wo…

In this thesis finite element analyses were performed to investigate the behavior of fill fences installed in underground mines to retain Cemented Paste Backfill (CPB) pressure. For this purpose, two fill fences installed and tested in the Cayeli mine in Turkey were modeled usin…