Equivalent seismic coefficient in geocell retention systems

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Leshchinsky, Dov ^a   Ling, Hoe I ^b   Wang, Jui Pin ^b   Rosen, Arik ^c   Mohri, Yoshiyuki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c PRS Mediterranean Ltd   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geocell; Reinforced soil; Seismic reduction factor; Seismic slope stability; Shake table

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

GEOCELL; REINFORCED SOIL; SEISMIC REDUCTION FACTOR; SEISMIC SLOPE STABILITY; SHAKE TABLE;

SLOPE STABILITY;

GEOTEXTILE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOCELL; SOIL BURIAL TEST; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349164052     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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