Earthquake response of a gravity retaining wall with geofoam inclusion

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 211 GSP, 2011, Pages 3177-3185

  Trandafir, A C ^a   Ertugrul, O L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earth pressure; Earthquakes; Foam; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

EARTH PRESSURE; EARTH STRUCTURES; EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOFOAMS; GRAVITY RETAINING WALLS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SEISMIC ISOLATOR; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INCLUSIONS; POLYSTYRENES; RETAINING WALLS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 79956337987     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41165(397)325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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