Seismic behavior of retaining walls: a critical review of analytical and field performance studies

SA Khan, M Karray, P Paultre - Geotechnics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the abundance and importance of earth retention structures, the problem of seismic
earth pressure has attracted not only the research community but also industry and …

Limit analysis of modified pseudodynamic lateral earth pressure in anisotropic frictional medium using finite-element and second-order cone programming

H Fathipour, AS Siahmazgi, M Payan… - International Journal …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This paper aims at analyzing the active and passive lateral earth pressures exerted on
retaining walls due to the anisotropic medium of dry and noncohesive backfill subjected to …

Kinematic analysis of seismic slope stability with a discretisation technique and pseudo-dynamic approach: a new perspective

CB Qin, SC Chian - Géotechnique, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Slopes are more vulnerable to instability when subjected to earthquake ground shaking. In
order to account for the dynamic forces induced by ground shaking, a novel procedure is …

Lower bound analysis of modified pseudo‐dynamic lateral earth pressures for retaining wall‐backfill system with depth‐varying dam** using FEM‐Second order …

H Fathipour, M Payan… - … for Numerical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Realistic constitutive ground models are critical in the evaluation of soil‐structure interaction
problems and the assessment of key design parameters in the seismic analysis of …

Determination of active earth pressure on rigid retaining wall considering arching effect in cohesive backfill soil

P Rao, Q Chen, Y Zhou, S Nimbalkar… - International Journal of …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A new simplified method is proposed to compute the active earth pressure acting on the
backface of a rigid retaining wall undergoing horizontal translation. The effect of soil arching …

Seismic rotational stability of gravity retaining walls by modified pseudo-dynamic method

A Pain, D Choudhury, SK Bhattacharyya - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstracts Seismic stability analysis is an important aspect for design of safe retaining walls
in earthquake prone areas. In this study, limit equilibrium method is used for rotational …

A generalized framework to estimate the seismic active thrust on rigid retaining walls with partially saturated backfill

VS Ramakrishna Annapareddy, A Sufian… - International Journal …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
This paper proposes a generalized framework to estimate the seismic active earth thrust on
rigid retaining walls with unsaturated backfill. A novel suction stress-dependent approach …

Estimation of passive earth pressure against rigid retaining wall considering arching effect in cohesive-frictional backfill under translation mode

Y Cai, Q Chen, Y Zhou, S Nimbalkar… - International Journal of …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
In this study, a novel analytical approach is proposed to calculate the passive earth pressure
against a rigid retaining wall subjected to the translation mode. Effects of arching in cohesive …

Three-dimensional rigorous upper-bound limit analysis of soil slopes subjected to variable seismic excitations

ZH Qian, JF Zou - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, a semi-analytical model that couples the three-dimensional (3D)
kinematical approach of limit analysis and the modified pseudo-dynamic method was …

Generalized seismic active thrust on a retaining wall with submerged backfill using a modified pseudodynamic method

BG Rajesh, D Choudhury - International Journal of Geomechanics, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The appropriate estimation of seismic earth pressures acting on retaining walls supporting
submerged backfill is an important area of research in earthquake geotechnical …