Parametric studies on the behavior of reinforced soil retaining walls under earthquake loading

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1056-1065

  Ling, Hoe I ^a   Liu, Huabei ^a,b   Mohri, Yoshiyuki ^a,c  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake loads; Finite elements; Parameters; Plasticity; Retaining walls; Soil stabilization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETAINING WALLS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TENSILE STRESS;

EARTHQUAKE LOADS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS; SOIL STABILIZATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 26444501703     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:10(1056)     Document Type: Article

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