Seismic response of geocell retaining walls: Experimental studies

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-524

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

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

^d PRS Mediterranean Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Experimentation; Retaining walls; Seismic effects

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; GAGES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EARTHQUAKE MOTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTATION; FAILURE MECHANISMS; FINE SANDS; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; FOUNDATION SOILS; GEOCELL; GEOCELLS; GEOGRID; HORIZONTAL ACCELERATIONS; HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MOTIONS; KOBE EARTHQUAKES; LASER DISPLACEMENTS; REINFORCEMENT LAYERS; RELATIVE DENSITIES; SEISMIC EFFECTS; SEISMIC LOADS; STRAIN GAUGES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BACKFILL; CYCLIC LOADING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND MOTION; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; PEAK ACCELERATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 62749200819     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2009)135:4(515)     Document Type: Article

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