Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
Seismic design of retaining walls is traditionally based on the Mononobe-Okabe method of analysis. In recent years a number of theoretical analyses have been presented to predict the seismic behaviour of gravity retaining walls. In this paper some shaking table tests performed on a small prototype of gravity wall retaining dry sand are described and the experimental results are presented with the aim to provide, though qualitatively, an insight into some important aspects of the dynamic behaviour of retaining structures resting on rigid foundation soil. The M-O theory do not consider the particular boundary condition that in the practical design of retaining structures are often in use like backfill geometries or loading condition. Shaking table studies were carried out in order to study the dynamic behaviour of gravity retaining walls resting on rigid foundation soil. Two different system have been taken into consideration namely, a wall retaining a horizontal backfill on which uniform surcharge was placed and a wall on which the uniform surcharge was placed to a distance «d» to the head of the wall.
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
Cascone, Ernesto; Lo Grasso, Agatino Simone; and Maugeri, Michele, "Dynamic Model Tests on Gravity Retaining Walls with Various Surcharge Conditions" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 9.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session07/9
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Dynamic Model Tests on Gravity Retaining Walls with Various Surcharge Conditions
San Diego, California
Seismic design of retaining walls is traditionally based on the Mononobe-Okabe method of analysis. In recent years a number of theoretical analyses have been presented to predict the seismic behaviour of gravity retaining walls. In this paper some shaking table tests performed on a small prototype of gravity wall retaining dry sand are described and the experimental results are presented with the aim to provide, though qualitatively, an insight into some important aspects of the dynamic behaviour of retaining structures resting on rigid foundation soil. The M-O theory do not consider the particular boundary condition that in the practical design of retaining structures are often in use like backfill geometries or loading condition. Shaking table studies were carried out in order to study the dynamic behaviour of gravity retaining walls resting on rigid foundation soil. Two different system have been taken into consideration namely, a wall retaining a horizontal backfill on which uniform surcharge was placed and a wall on which the uniform surcharge was placed to a distance «d» to the head of the wall.
