Seismic response of reinforced soil retaining wall models: Influence of backfill relative density

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-349

  Madhavi Latha, G ^a   Murali Krishna, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Geotextiles; Laminar box; Reinforced soils; Seismic response; Shaking table tests; Wrap faced retaining walls

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MULTITASKING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; TESTING;

BACKFILL DENSITY; BASE EXCITATION; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; ELSEVIER (CO); LABORATORY MODELING; REINFORCED RETAINING WALLS; REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS; REINFORCED SOIL WALLS; REINFORCED SOILS; RELATIVE DENSITIES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE (RP); SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SHAKING TABLE TEST (IGC: E8/E12/E14); SHAKING TABLES; WALL MODELING;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ACCELERATION; BACKFILL; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GEOTEXTILE; RETAINING WALL; RIGIDITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

DEFORMATION; GEOTEXTILE; MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TESTING;

EID: 46149117522     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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