Centrifuge modeling of rock-fill embankments on deep loose saturated sand deposits subjected to earthquakes

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1364-1374

  Peiris, L M N ^a   Madabhushi, S P G ^b   Schofield, A N ^b  

^a RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrifuge models; Earthquakes; Embankments; Failures; Liquefaction; Rock Fills; Sand

Indexed keywords

CANALS; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PORE PRESSURE; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS; CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; CENTRIFUGE MODELS; CENTRIFUGE TESTING; CONSTRUCTION METHODS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAILURES; GROUND IMPROVEMENTS; LIQUEFACTION; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PORE-PRESSURE GENERATION; PROTECTIVE BARRIERS; RECLAIMED LAND; ROCK DUMPING; ROCK FILLS; RUBBLE MOUND STRUCTURES; RUBBLE MOUNDS; SAND DEPOSITS; SATURATED SANDS; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; SHIP IMPACTS;

ROCKS;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; EMBANKMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND CONDITIONS; LIQUEFACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKFILL; SATURATED MEDIUM; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 50149119483     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:9(1364)     Document Type: Article

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