TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of fabric anisotropy on seismic response of a retaining wall
AU - Zeng, X.
AU - Li, B.
AU - Min, H.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this study, six earthquake centrifuge tests were performed on a model of a cantilever retaining wall to study the effect of fabric anisotropy on the seismic performance. A special rigid container was designed and used to prepare models with different directions of soil deposition. The six centrifuge models had 0, 45 and 90 degrees of sand deposition angles and with dry or saturated backfills. The deformation pattern, seismic response of the retaining wall, and the ground settlement were studied. It was shown that fabric anisotropy had a strong effect on the settlement of backfill and the response of the retaining wall. As observed in the tests, the effect was more pronounced in the passive area than that in the active zone.
AB - In this study, six earthquake centrifuge tests were performed on a model of a cantilever retaining wall to study the effect of fabric anisotropy on the seismic performance. A special rigid container was designed and used to prepare models with different directions of soil deposition. The six centrifuge models had 0, 45 and 90 degrees of sand deposition angles and with dry or saturated backfills. The deformation pattern, seismic response of the retaining wall, and the ground settlement were studied. It was shown that fabric anisotropy had a strong effect on the settlement of backfill and the response of the retaining wall. As observed in the tests, the effect was more pronounced in the passive area than that in the active zone.
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U2 - 10.1201/b10554-83
DO - 10.1201/b10554-83
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861057312
SN - 9780415592895
T3 - Physical Modelling in Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010
SP - 517
EP - 522
BT - Physical Modelling in Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010
T2 - 7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010
Y2 - 28 June 2010 through 1 July 2010
ER -