Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method

In this paper, permanent displacements of gravity retaining walls with back and front fill under seismic excitation due to sliding is investigated. In this regard, by using the upper bound theorem of limit analysis, an expression is presented for obtaining the yield acceleration coefficient and also...

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Main Authors: P. Sharifi, O. Farzaneh, F. Askari
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Language:English
Published: K. N. Toosi University of Technology 2020-05-01
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description In this paper, permanent displacements of gravity retaining walls with back and front fill under seismic excitation due to sliding is investigated. In this regard, by using the upper bound theorem of limit analysis, an expression is presented for obtaining the yield acceleration coefficient and also, critical angles of failure wedges are calculated. Several comparisons are made with other solutions in literature. Effect of variation of dilation angle and ratio of the height of front fill to backfill soil is evaluated on seismic performance of a gravity retaining wall. Results showed that by increasing dilation angles from zero to internal friction angle of the soil, the values of seismic displacement inclines.
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spelling doaj-art-93eed7f9d35b44a38aa59c35eff4f9c12025-08-20T02:52:12ZengK. N. Toosi University of TechnologyNumerical Methods in Civil Engineering2345-42962783-39412020-05-0144303610.52547/nmce.4.4.30160501Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis MethodP. Sharifi0O. Farzaneh1F. Askari2Graduated Student, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran.In this paper, permanent displacements of gravity retaining walls with back and front fill under seismic excitation due to sliding is investigated. In this regard, by using the upper bound theorem of limit analysis, an expression is presented for obtaining the yield acceleration coefficient and also, critical angles of failure wedges are calculated. Several comparisons are made with other solutions in literature. Effect of variation of dilation angle and ratio of the height of front fill to backfill soil is evaluated on seismic performance of a gravity retaining wall. Results showed that by increasing dilation angles from zero to internal friction angle of the soil, the values of seismic displacement inclines.https://nmce.kntu.ac.ir/article_160501_bc36eb682320e327be9893eb1e85bd60.pdfseismic displacementdilation anglegravity retaining wallyield accelerationperformance
spellingShingle P. Sharifi
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Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method
Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering
seismic displacement
dilation angle
gravity retaining wall
yield acceleration
performance
title Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method
title_full Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method
title_fullStr Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method
title_short Influence of Dilation Angle of Soil on Seismic Displacements of Gravity Retaining Walls using Upper Bound Limit Analysis Method
title_sort influence of dilation angle of soil on seismic displacements of gravity retaining walls using upper bound limit analysis method
topic seismic displacement
dilation angle
gravity retaining wall
yield acceleration
performance
url https://nmce.kntu.ac.ir/article_160501_bc36eb682320e327be9893eb1e85bd60.pdf
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