External stability of reinforced soil walls under seismic conditions

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-218

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Design methods; Earthquake; External stability; Geosynthetics; Mathematical modelling; Reinforced soil; Retaining wall

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

DESIGN METHODS; EXTERNAL STABILITY; REINFORCED SOIL;

RETAINING WALLS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY;

EID: 34548451731     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2007.14.4.211     Document Type: Article

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