Seismic response of gravity quay walls. I: Centrifuge modeling

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 406-416

  Zeng, X ^a,b  

^a ASCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; RETAINING WALLS; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CENTRIFUGE TESTS; GRAVITY QUAY WALLS;

QUAY WALLS;

GRAVITY WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0032078446     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(1998)124:5(406)     Document Type: Article

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