Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
30 Apr 1981, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Abstract
The design of rock slopes in seismically active areas should consider the risk of earthquake loads. This study involved testing simple models of rock slopes on a hydraulic shaking table and displaying the results on time versus displacement curves. The results were compared with predicted displacements computed using equations available in the literature. At low frequencies and small amplitudes the predicted sliding rates compared very well with the rates observed during the testing. However as the frequencies and amplitudes were increased, the equations overestimated the displacements by gradually increasing amounts.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1981 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wilson, J. A., "Physical Modeling to Assess the Dynamic Behavior of Rock Slopes" (1981). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 11.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/01icrageesd/session07/11
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Physical Modeling to Assess the Dynamic Behavior of Rock Slopes
St. Louis, Missouri
The design of rock slopes in seismically active areas should consider the risk of earthquake loads. This study involved testing simple models of rock slopes on a hydraulic shaking table and displaying the results on time versus displacement curves. The results were compared with predicted displacements computed using equations available in the literature. At low frequencies and small amplitudes the predicted sliding rates compared very well with the rates observed during the testing. However as the frequencies and amplitudes were increased, the equations overestimated the displacements by gradually increasing amounts.
