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Analysis and Design Issues of Geotechnical Systems: Rigid Walls

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Pseudo-dynamic method; Rigid retaining walls; Yielding walls

Introduction

Earthquakes have caused transient and permanent deformations of retaining structures in past severe earthquakes followed by collapse of walls in some cases. Therefore, knowledge of seismic active earth pressure behind retaining walls is very important in the design of these structures in seismically active regions. This article discusses commonly used pseudo-static approaches such as the Mononobe-Okabe method, which gives the linear distribution of seismic earth pressure on rigid retaining walls in an approximate way. A general pseudo-dynamic method is also presented to compute the distribution of seismic active earth pressure on a rigid retaining walls supporting cohesionless backfill in more realistic manner by considering time and phase difference within the backfill.

Types of Retaining Walls

Earth retaining structures are structures that can be used to support backfill along a slope or to support an...

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    Amir M. Halabian

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    Ivan Siu-Kui Au

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Halabian, A.M. (2015). Analysis and Design Issues of Geotechnical Systems: Rigid Walls. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I., Patelli, E., Au, IK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_54-1

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