Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
28 May 2010, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Abstract
Retaining walls have suffered damages under past earthquakes. Usually the analyses do not consider the retained soil’s interaction with the wall, which takes place during dynamic conditions. The consideration makes the wall-soil system more flexible than the wall alone. The conditions of separation of wall (during interactions) again change the dynamic characteristics of the assumed wall-soil system that needs to be addressed. The paper presents a study on the behavior of the retaining wall under static as well as seismic conditions considering above aspects. The wall-soil interaction model incorporates the modeling of interface between them. The system is idealized as a plane strain twodimensional model and base acceleration in the form of typical earthquake motion (Uttarkashi, October 20, 1991, India) is represented as external loading. The study concludes with important results, which are useful for researchers, scientists and those involved in analyses and design of retaining walls.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2010 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Parihar, Aditya; Saxena, Navjeev; and Paul, D. K., "Effects of Wall-Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Response of Retaining Wall" (2010). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 8.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/05icrageesd/session06/8
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Effects of Wall-Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Response of Retaining Wall
San Diego, California
Retaining walls have suffered damages under past earthquakes. Usually the analyses do not consider the retained soil’s interaction with the wall, which takes place during dynamic conditions. The consideration makes the wall-soil system more flexible than the wall alone. The conditions of separation of wall (during interactions) again change the dynamic characteristics of the assumed wall-soil system that needs to be addressed. The paper presents a study on the behavior of the retaining wall under static as well as seismic conditions considering above aspects. The wall-soil interaction model incorporates the modeling of interface between them. The system is idealized as a plane strain twodimensional model and base acceleration in the form of typical earthquake motion (Uttarkashi, October 20, 1991, India) is represented as external loading. The study concludes with important results, which are useful for researchers, scientists and those involved in analyses and design of retaining walls.
