Reduction of Lateral Earth Forces Acting on Rigid Nonyielding Retaining Walls by EPS Geofoam Inclusions

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1711-1718

  Ertugrul, Ozgur L ^a   Trandafir, Aurelian C ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Geofoam inclusion; Physical model tests; Rigid nonyielding retaining wall

Indexed keywords

COHESIONLESS BACKFILLS; COMPRESSIBLE INCLUSION; EARTH THRUST; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE-ELEMENT CODES; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GEOFOAMS; INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; ISOLATION PERFORMANCE; LATERAL COMPRESSION; LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RELATIVE STIFFNESS; RETAINING STRUCTURE; RIGID RETAINING WALL; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SMALL-SCALE MODELS; SOIL MASS; SOIL STRENGTH; STRENGTH PARAMETERS; WALL MODEL;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYSTYRENES; RETAINING WALLS; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

RIGID STRUCTURES;

BACKFILL; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAINING WALL; RIGIDITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

EID: 84855936005     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000348     Document Type: Article

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