Effect of structural design on fundamental frequency of reinforced-soil retaining walls

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-157

  Hatami, K ^a   Bathurst, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; FLAC; Fundamental frequency; Geosynthetics; Reinforced soil; Retaining walls; Seismic response

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

REINFORCED SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

FLAC; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034024043     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(00)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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