Reinforced earth (RE) wall has been known since 1971 in the United States and
the construction of reinforced earth wall has been very popular lately in the
application of a retaining wall. Many benefits are obtained when we choose to use
RE wall, besides the low price, easy application, and good durability, RE wall
also proven has a good performance for extreme loading conditions. Soilreinforcement
interaction mechanism is a very important factor that must be
considered, the mechanism will plays a big role when the wall receives extreme
loads. Sand is one of the constituent components of a wall that has an important
role and will influence the performance of the wall. The soil used to build RE wall
is usually granular material such as sand, because it has good interlocking
behaviour. Fines content in sand might affect the soil-reinforcement interaction
mechanism in the structure. Pull-out testing has also been done numerically by
using various finite element software. Numerical studies using finite element
method (FEM) are considered more economical, faster, and the result tend to be
more rigorous than laboratory test. This study will validate the procedure of the
numerical study conducted by Hegde & Roy in 2018 and calibrate the pull-out
model. Numerical modelling will be done in Plaxis 2D.