Simplified approach for assessing seismic displacements of soil-retaining walls. Part II: Geosynthetic-reinforced walls with rigid panel facing

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 264-276

  Huang, C C ^a   Wu, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Geosynthetics; Panel facing; Retaining walls; Seismic; Sliding block

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; SEISMIC COEFFICIENT; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SLIDING BLOCK THEORY;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTH PRESSURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETICS; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; LOADING; RETAINING WALL; SOIL STRUCTURE;

FRICTION; GEOSYNTHETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34948885207     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2007.14.5.264     Document Type: Article

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