Asymmetric 'Newmark' sliding caused by motions containing severe 'directivity' and 'fling' pulses

Geotechnique

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 733-756

  Garini, E ^a   Gazetas, G ^a   Anastasopoulos, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Embankments; Retaining walls; Slopes

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION PULSE; ACCELEROGRAMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DIRECTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; GEOTECHNICAL; GROUND MOTIONS; KEY PARAMETERS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PEAK ACCELERATION; PEAK VELOCITIES; SLIDING PROCESS; SLIDING SURFACE; SLOPES; STEEP SLOPE; SURFACE EXPRESSION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EARTHQUAKES;

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EMBANKMENT; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK ACCELERATION; RETAINING WALL; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SLIP; SLOPE;

ANAS;

EID: 79961215117     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.9.P.070     Document Type: Article

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