Seismic deformation of bar mat mechanically stabilized earth walls. II: A multiblock model

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-35

  Siddharthan, Raj V ^a   Ganeshwara, Vela ^b   Kutter, Bruce L ^c   El Desouky, Magdy ^a   Whitman, Robert V ^d  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b Neblett and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Earth structure; Earthquakes; Failure modes; Seismic response; Walls

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; DEFORMATION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BACKFILLS; SEISMIC DEFORMATION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

MODEL TEST; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0942291412     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:1(26)     Document Type: Article

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