Insight into seismic earth and water pressures against caisson quay walls

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-111

  Dakoulas, P ^a   Gazetas, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case history; Earth pressure; Earthquakes; Liquefaction; Numerical modelling; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; LIQUEFACTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RETAINING WALLS; ROTATION;

EARTH PRESSURE; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; WATER PRESSURES;

QUAY WALLS;

CAISSON; EARTH PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE; LIQUEFACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAINING WALL; ROTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE; ROKKO ISLAND;

EID: 41349114860     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.2.95     Document Type: Article

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