Finite-element simulations of full-scale modular-block reinforced soil retaining walls under earthquake loading

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 653-661

  Ling, Hoe I ^a   Yang, Songtao ^b   Leshchinsky, Dov ^c,d   Liu, Huabei ^e,f   Burke, Christopher ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Univ of Delaware ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e City University of New York   (United States)

^f The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Earthquake; Finite element; Generalized plasticity; Geosynthetic; Reinforced soil

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING SURFACES; CRITICAL STATE CONCEPTS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GENERALIZED PLASTICITY; GEOGRIDS; GEOSYNTHETIC; GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOILS; GEOSYNTHETICS; HORIZONTAL ACCELERATION; MODULAR-BLOCK REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS; MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC LOADING; PLASTICITY MODEL; REINFORCED SOIL RETAINING WALLS; SHAKE TABLE TESTS; SOIL BEHAVIORS; STRAIN BEHAVIORS; STRESS LEVEL EFFECT; TENSILE FORCES; TIME RESPONSE; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS; WALL DEFORMATION;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LOADING; PLASTICITY; RETAINING WALLS; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING; PLASTICITY; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 77953974428     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000108     Document Type: Article

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