Use of EPS geofoam compressible inclusions for reducing the earthquake effects on yielding earth retaining structures

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-71

  Athanasopoulos Zekkos, A ^a   Lamote, K ^a   Athanasopoulos, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE INCLUSION; EARTH-RETAINING STRUCTURES; EARTH-RETAINING WALLS; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; GEOFOAMS; HARMONIC EXCITATION; HORIZONTAL TRANSLATION; LATERAL THRUST; LIMITING VALUES; PRESSURE REDUCTION; RELATIVE VALUE; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURE; SEISMIC ISOLATION; WALL ROTATION;

EFFICIENCY; GROUND SUPPORTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

RETAINING WALLS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTH PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; RETAINING WALL; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 84861821281     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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