Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
04 Apr 1995, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
Centrifuge tests were conducted to study the displacement of gravity retaining walls during earthquakes. Theoretical analysis based on Newmark's sliding block method was used to analyze the data. For a gravity wall with dry backfill, sliding block method generates reasonable results. However, the method is difficult to apply for a retaining wall with saturated backfill. Comprehensive numerical methods need to be used. A method of calculating the tilting of gravity walls is introduced.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1995 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
Zeng, X., "Earthquake Induced Displacement of Gravity Retaining Walls" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 5.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session04/5
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Earthquake Induced Displacement of Gravity Retaining Walls
St. Louis, Missouri
Centrifuge tests were conducted to study the displacement of gravity retaining walls during earthquakes. Theoretical analysis based on Newmark's sliding block method was used to analyze the data. For a gravity wall with dry backfill, sliding block method generates reasonable results. However, the method is difficult to apply for a retaining wall with saturated backfill. Comprehensive numerical methods need to be used. A method of calculating the tilting of gravity walls is introduced.
