Abstract:Aiming at the risk of slippage along the reinforced soil action surface under blast impact loading of traditional wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers, a double-wrapped reinforced soil protective barrier is proposed. The mechanical properties of the reinforced soil protective barriers under blast impact loading were investigated. Numerical simulations were conducted for double-wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers against blast impact loads using finite element software. Moreover, under the action of different magnitudes of blast impact loads, comparative analyses were performed on the earth pressure and deformation evolution laws of protective barriers with different reinforcement forms. The results show that double-wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers provide greater load cushioning than traditional wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers. Compared with traditional wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers, the maximum horizontal earth pressure on the blast-facing surface and back-blast surface of double-wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers is reduced by 12.2% and 7.5%, respectively. For both the blast-facing and back-blast surfaces of the protective barrier, the horizontal earth pressure first increases and then decreases along the wall height, reaching the maximum at the same height as the explosion source. Compared with traditional wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers, the maximum horizontal displacement of the blast-facing surface and back-blast surface of double-wrapped reinforced soil protective barriers is reduced by 6.4% and 0.8%, respectively. Under blast impact loading, the horizontal displacement of the blast-facing and back-blast surfaces of reinforced soil protective barriers first increases and then decreases along the wall height, with the maximum displacement occurring at the same height as the explosion source, and the back-blast surface is less disturbed. As the vertical spacing of geogrids increases, the horizontal displacement of the protective barrier gradually increases.