Seismic displacement of a geosynthetic-reinforced wall in the 1995 Hyogo-ken nambu earthquake

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a   Wang, Wei Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Limit equilibrium method; Reinforced soil; Retaining wall; Seismic response; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; FACINGS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

1995 HYOGO-KEN NAMBU EARTHQUAKE; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; REINFORCED SOIL; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL GROUND ACCELERATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 33947433744     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.45.5_1     Document Type: Article

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