Shaking table tests on geosynthetic-reinforced slopes- Effects of input wave patterns

Abstract

In this study the effect of the different wave patterns on the reinforced soil wall were studied using a series of shaking table tests Based on the different wave patterns six reinforced soil wall models were constructed and loaded to failure using the same frequency and horizontal high peak acceleration The results obtained from the thesis are helpful to understand into the relative performance of geosynthetic-reinforced slopes under different waveforms used in the experiments The results showed that the maximum horizontal slope displacement (Dmax) and HPGA curves are different with the wave patterns The amplification factor (Am) indicated nonlinear decadence with horizontal peak ground acceleration (HPGA) this factor decreases with increasing HPGAs Besides the relationship of Amplification with HPGA can be used the logarithmic function lines Normalized slope displacement (Dmax/v2maxHPGA) vs ay/HPGA curves obtained this study have a different which based on the Newmark’s sliding theory

Date of Award	2019
Original language	English
Supervisor	Ching-Chuan Huang (Supervisor)