Seismic stability of reinforced-soil wall by pseudo-dynamic method

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 111-119

  Nimbalkar, S S ^a   Choudhury, D ^a   Mandal, J N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Design; Earthquake; Geosynthetics; Internal stability; Modelling; Reinforced soil; Retaining wall

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; STABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PSEUDO-DYNAMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VERTICAL ACCELERATION; TIEBACK ANALYSIS;

RETAINING WALLS;

BACKFILL; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SEISMICITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DESIGN; FRICTION; GEOSYNTHETICS; SHEAR PROPERTY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 33847682323     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2006.13.3.111     Document Type: Article

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