Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
Rigid retaining walls experience significant displacements during earthquakes. Several investigations have developed 1-D and 2-D models to predict displacements. A critical review of the state of the art shows that these model may not predict realistic displacement Wu (1999). A new 2-D model, which considers strain dependent soil stiffness and material damping, sliding and rocking motions, and practical field water conditions behind the wall as per Eurocode (1994) have been presented. Typical results are included. A comparison of prediction and performance of a centrifuge model has shown good agreement. This model represents a considerable advance over the existing solutions and is easily useable by the practicing engineer.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 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
Wu, Yingwei and Prakash, Shamsher, "Seismic Displacements of Rigid Retaining Walls" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 3.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session07/3
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Seismic Displacements of Rigid Retaining Walls
San Diego, California
Rigid retaining walls experience significant displacements during earthquakes. Several investigations have developed 1-D and 2-D models to predict displacements. A critical review of the state of the art shows that these model may not predict realistic displacement Wu (1999). A new 2-D model, which considers strain dependent soil stiffness and material damping, sliding and rocking motions, and practical field water conditions behind the wall as per Eurocode (1994) have been presented. Typical results are included. A comparison of prediction and performance of a centrifuge model has shown good agreement. This model represents a considerable advance over the existing solutions and is easily useable by the practicing engineer.
