Seismic Earth Pressure on Retaining Structures |
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Authors: | Rowland Richards Jr Chaojie Huang Kenneth L Fishman |
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Affiliation: | Members, ASCE
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Abstract: | A simple kinematic method to predict the seismic earth pressure against retaining structures is developed. The fundamental solution to the free-field seismic response considering nonlinear, plastic behavior of soil is included in the retaining wall analysis for the first time. Perturbation to the free-field response caused by soil-structure interaction effects for different types of wall movement is considered. Results from this kinematic method are compared with those obtained from finite-element analysis and observed from laboratory shaking table tests performed on model retaining walls. |
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