Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
The seismic active and passive earth pressure problems are investigated by means of the kinematical method of the limit analysis theory. Two rotational kinematically admissible failure mechanisms M1 and M2 are proposed. Quasi-static representation of earthquake effects using the seismic coefficient concept is adopted. The solutions obtained are rigorous upper-bound ones in the framework of the limit analysis theory. The numerical results of the seismic active and passive earth pressure coefficients are presented and compared with other authors’ results. These results improve the best available upper-bound solutions given by Chen and Liu (1990) in the active case and Soubra (2000) in the passive case. The best upper-bound solutions as given by the different upper-bound approaches are presented for practical use in geotechnical engineering.
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
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Soubra, Abdul-Hamid and Macuh, Borut, "Seismic Active and Passive Earth Pressures on Rigid Retaining Structures by a Kinematical Approach" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session07/7
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Seismic Active and Passive Earth Pressures on Rigid Retaining Structures by a Kinematical Approach
San Diego, California
The seismic active and passive earth pressure problems are investigated by means of the kinematical method of the limit analysis theory. Two rotational kinematically admissible failure mechanisms M1 and M2 are proposed. Quasi-static representation of earthquake effects using the seismic coefficient concept is adopted. The solutions obtained are rigorous upper-bound ones in the framework of the limit analysis theory. The numerical results of the seismic active and passive earth pressure coefficients are presented and compared with other authors’ results. These results improve the best available upper-bound solutions given by Chen and Liu (1990) in the active case and Soubra (2000) in the passive case. The best upper-bound solutions as given by the different upper-bound approaches are presented for practical use in geotechnical engineering.
