Influence of constitutive model on numerical simulation of EPS seismic buffer shaking table tests

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-312

  Zarnani, Saman ^a   Bathurst, Richard J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Equivalent linear method; Geofoam; Numerical analysis; Rigid retaining wall; Seismic

Indexed keywords

DAMPING RATIO; DYNAMIC FORCES; EQUIVALENT-LINEAR; EQUIVALENT-LINEAR METHOD; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; GEOFOAM; LINEAR ELASTIC; LOAD-UNLOAD; MEASURED RESULTS; MOHR COULOMB CRITERION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEAK LOAD; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; RAYLEIGH DAMPING; RIGID RETAINING WALL; SAND BACKFILLS; SEISMIC; SHAKING TABLE TESTS; SHEAR MODULUS; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; TIME RESPONSE;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DAMPING; POLYSTYRENES; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMOLOGY; TESTING;

SIMULATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; COULOMB CRITERION; DAMPING; GEOSYNTHETICS; LINEARITY; MOHR THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SHEAR MODULUS; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYSTYRENE; SIMULATION;

EID: 67349142969     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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