Instability of gravity type quay wall induced by liquefaction of backfill during earthquake

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 71-83

  Kohama, Eiji ^e   Miura, Kinya ^a   Yoshida, Nozomu ^b   Ohtsuka, Natsuhiko ^c   Kurita, Satoru ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c North Japan Port Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Earthquake; Gravity type quay wall; Liquefaction; Shaking table model test; Sliding (IGC: E8)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005703835     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.38.4_71     Document Type: Article

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