Seismic displacements of soil retaining walls situated on slope

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1108-1117

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Displacement; Earthquake damage; Failure investigations; Retaining walls; Seismic stability; Settlement; Slopes; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FOUNDATIONS; FRICTION; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMOLOGY; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SLOPE STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAILURE INVESTIGATIONS; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SEISMIC STABILITY; SOIL RETAINING WALLS; TAIWAN;

SOIL MECHANICS;

DAMAGE; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 24944463297     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:9(1108)     Document Type: Article

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