Dynamic behavior of reinforced walls - Horizontal displacement response

Ching Chuan Huang, Jeng Chong Horng, Wen Jong Chang, Jiunn Shyang Chiou, Chia Han Chen

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Abstract

A series of uni-axial shaking table tests using step-wise intensified sinusoidal waves is performed on plane-strain geosynthetic-reinforced slopes to investigate the effects of wave frequency and amplitude to the seismic displacements of geosynthetic-reinforced slopes. The geosynthetic-reinforced model slope is backfill with uniform steel rods with a known Coulomb friction angle. A comparative study on the normalized slope displacement based on Newmark's sliding-block theory shows that the normalized displacement curves obtained here fall to the right of analytical and empirical curves reported in the literature, suggesting that a plastic displacement of the slope prior to the yielding of the slope has been ignored in conventional displacement evaluation for geosynthetic-reinforced slopes. Furthermore, no amplified acceleration response at the crest of the slope was found for the post-yield geosynthetic-reinforced slopes subjected to a relatively intensive input base acceleration of 0.4-0.6 g, or subjected to a maximum wall displacement greater than 1.9-3.9% of the wall height.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-267
Number of pages11
JournalGeotextiles and Geomembranes
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Jun

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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