Acceleration amplification in the backfill of reinforced soil walls with different heights

Poromechanics III: Biot Centennial (1905-2005) - Proceedings of the 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 725-731

  Hatami, K ^a   Bathurst, R J ^b   El Emam, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; GROUND MOTIONS; HARMONIC MOTION; MAXIMUM ACCELERATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; REINFORCED SOIL WALL; VARIABLE AMPLITUDES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WALL MODEL;

AMPLIFICATION;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84857214382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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