An interpretation of the seismic behaviour of reinforced-earth retaining structures
An interpretation of the seismic behaviour of reinforced-earth retaining structures
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DOI:
10.1680/geot.sip.15.p.001
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发表时间:
2015-09
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影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
L. Masini;L. Callisto;S. Rampello
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作者:
L. Masini;L. Callisto;S. Rampello
This paper provides an interpretation of the behaviour of retaining structures made of geosynthetic-reinforced earth, subjected to a severe seismic loading. It is seen that during strong ground motion the main source of energy dissipation derives from the transient activation of plastic mechanisms within the soil mass: these mechanisms can be global, local, or a combination of the two. Using numerical pseudo-static analyses and limit analysis methods it is shown that three retaining structures having a similar overall seismic resistance, expressed by their critical seismic coefficient, activate different – global, local, or combined – plastic mechanisms. The seismic performance of the different retaining structures is then evaluated through a series of dynamic analyses in which acceleration–time histories are imposed to the bottom boundary of the same numerical models used for the pseudo-static analyses. The results of the dynamic analyses are interpreted in the light of the plastic mechanisms evaluated w...