Numerical modeling of EPS seismic buffer shaking table tests

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Zarnani, Saman ^a   Bathurst, Richard J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geofoam; Numerical analysis; Rigid retaining wall; Seismic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; TESTING;

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; GEOFOAM; GEOFOAM MATERIALS; MEASURED VALUES; MODULUS VALUES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL CODES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RIGID RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC; SHAKING TABLE TESTING; SHAKING TABLES; TIME RESPONSES; WALL MODELING;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLAC; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAINING WALL; RIGIDITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYSTYRENE;

EID: 50249167119     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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