Abstract:To investigate the mechanical behavior evolution of the reinforced Gabion retaining wall at different heights on slope foundation in the rainy area under the condition of rainfall infiltration during the construction period, a study on the stress and deformation evolution of a reinforced gabion retaining wall with varying height was conducted using field tests and numerical simulations, relying on an actual engineering of the EMU Maintenance Station in the Yichang North Railway Station of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu High-speed Railway. The research results show that the vertical stress at the base of each level of the double-level and single-level reinforced gabion retaining walls distributes non-linearly along the direction of the geogrid laying during the filling process, but the vertical stress at the base of the upper wall of the double-level retaining wall is less than that of the single-level retaining wall; as the filling height increases, the horizontal earth pressure on the back of each layer of the double-level and single-level retaining walls increases, but the growth rate decreases with the increase in filling height; the strain of the geogrid in each layer of the double-level and single-level retaining walls increases with the increase in filling height, and it is distributed non-linearly along its laying direction, and the strain distribution curve shows a significant peak phenomenon, mainly in the form of single peak and double peaks. The numerical simulation analysis of the deformation of the post-construction double-level and single-level reinforced gabion retaining walls shows that the difference in settlement at the top of the two retaining walls is very small, only 4.24 mm; the overall horizontal deformation of the wall surface is in an outward-inclined form, and the maximum horizontal displacement is 5.42 mm, 2.55 mm, and 5.69 mm respectively, accounting for 0.068%, 0.059%, and 0.071% of the height of this layer of the wall. The horizontal deformation form and size of the wall surface of the upper wall of the double-level retaining wall are relatively consistent with those of the single-level retaining wall.