Effects of vertical acceleration on seismic design of geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures

Geotechnique

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-373

  Ling, H I ^a   Leshchinsky, D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dynamics; Earth pressure; Earthquakes; Geosynthetics; Reinforced soils; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RETAINING WALLS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTH PRESSURE; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES; REINFORCED SOILS; VERTICAL ACCELERATION;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

ACCELERATION; GEOSYNTHETIC; REINFORCED EARTH; SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 0032099877     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1998.48.3.347     Document Type: Article

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