Abstract
Rigid retaining walls experience both sliding and rocking displacement during earthquakes. Richards and Elms' (1979) method incorporates only sliding displacements in design. A realistic method of computing both sliding and rocking displacements of the walls based on nonlinear soil properties both for the base soil and backfill was developed by Rafnsson and Prakash (1994). A design procedure based on this method was then developed by Prakash. et al (1995, b). Comparisons of the displacements of typical walls by both the methods have been made. Also, typical field data from recent earthquakes has been analyzed to compare the observed displacements with the computed displacements.
Recommended Citation
Y. Wu and S. Prakash, "On Seismic Displacements of Rigid Retaining Walls," Geotechnical Special Publication, no. 60, pp. 21 - 37, American Society of Civil Engineers, Jan 1996.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784402061.003
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0895-0563
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jan 1996
