Seismic effective-stress analysis of caisson quay walls: Application to kobe

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 133-147

  Dakoulas, P ^a   Gazetas, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caisson wall; Case history; Constitutive model; Earthquake; Effective stress; Harbor; Kobe; Liquefaction; Pore pressures; Quay wall

Indexed keywords

CAISSONS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FOUNDATIONS; LIQUEFACTION; PORE PRESSURE; PORTS AND HARBORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CASE HISTORY; EARTHQUAKE EXCITATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; FINITE-DIFFERENCE ALGORITHMS; KOBE; RESIDUAL DEFORMATION;

QUAY WALLS;

EID: 41349117480     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.45.4_133     Document Type: Article

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