Reexamination of Mononobe-Okabe theory of gravity retaining walls using centrifuge model tests

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-146

  Nakamura, Shinya ^a,b  

^a Japan Construction Method and Machinery Research Institute   (Japan)

^b PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Gravity retaining wall); (Mononobe Okabe theory); Centrifuge model test; Earth pressure; Seismic response; Slip surface (IGC: E5)

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY;

(MONONOBE-OKABE THEORY); CENTRIFUGE MODEL TEST; EARTH PRESSURE; GRAVITY RETAINING WALLS; SLIP SURFACES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 35748941763     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.46.135     Document Type: Article

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