Simplified approach for assessing seismic displacements of soil-retaining walls. Part I: Geosynthetic-reinforced modular block walls

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 219-233

  Huang, C C ^a,b   Wu, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Geosynthetics; Modular block; Retaining walls; Seismic; Sliding block

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SOIL RESISTANCE (TEXTILES);

CRITICAL SEISMIC COEFFICIENT; GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED MODULAR BLOCK WALLS (GR-MBWS); HORIZONTAL SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SLIDING BLOCK ANALYSES;

RETAINING WALLS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GEOMETRY; GEOSYNTHETICS; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLIDING; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947397971     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2006.13.6.219     Document Type: Article

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