Seismic displacement charts for the performance-based assessment of reinforced soil walls

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 176-190

  Huang, C C ^a   Wang, W C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Geosynthetics; Performance based design; Pseudo static method; Reinforced soil retaining wall; Seismic displacement; Seismic stability

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING;

PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN; PSEUDO-STATIC METHOD; REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SEISMIC STABILITY;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GEOSYNTHETICS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 31844449483     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2005.12.4.176     Document Type: Article

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