Numerical analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced walls subjected to seismic loads

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2004

Authors

Castorina Silva Vieira (Author) FEUP; Maria de Lurdes Lopes (Author) FEUP; Laura Caldeira (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: CYCLIC BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS AND LIQUEFACTION PHENOMENA

Pages: 681-687

International Conference on Cyclic Behaviour of Soils and Liquefaction Phenomena

Bochum, GERMANY, MAR 31-APR 02, 2004

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-000-CHP

DOI: 10.1201/9781439833452.ch80

Abstract (EN): The paper presents a parametric study that was carried out to analyze the influence of reinforcement stiffness, input frequency and modelling of vertical soil-to-face interface on the seismic response of a 9.6 m high geosynthetic-reinforced wall with a stiff continuous facing panel. The two-dimensional explicit dynamic finite difference program FLAC (Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua) was used. A preliminary analysis was presented to confirm that FLAC gives similar results to those reported in the literature using finite elements methods. This paper describes the seismic response of a particular reinforced-soil retaining wall subjected to a reference harmonic ground motion. However general results will be published in the future.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7