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 under seismic conditions of a slope reinforced with prestressed anchor cables

M Yan, Y Xia, T Liu, VM Bowa - Computers and Geotechnics, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on limit analysis and pseudo-dynamic methods, a proposed method for evaluating
slope stability under seismic conditions that considers dynamic changes in the axial force of …

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 …

Stability analysis of three-dimensional seismic landslides using the rigorous limit equilibrium method

XP Zhou, H Cheng - Engineering Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new method combining the rigorous limit equilibrium method and the pseudo-
dynamic method is proposed to investigate stability of 3D seismic landslides, in which the …

Analytical method for determining displacement and bending moment of embedded cantilever retaining walls subjected to pseudo-static earthquake accelerations

R Nandi, D Choudhury - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of embedded cantilever retaining (ECR) walls, such as the diaphragm and
sheet-pile walls, is measured by the permanent displacement they experience during an …

Earthquake-induced permanent displacements of embedded cantilever retaining walls

E Conte, L Pugliese, A Troncone - Géotechnique, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Stability analysis of retaining walls in seismic areas is generally performed by calculating a
safety factor against a possible mechanism of collapse. However, considering that limit …

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 …

Conventional vs. modified pseudo-dynamic seismic analyses in the shallow strip footing bearing capacity problem

GR Soufi, RJ Chenari, S Javankhoshdel - Earthquake Engineering and …, 2021 - Springer
The conventional pseudo-dynamic (CPD) and modified pseudo-dynamic (MPD) methods
are invoked to obtain the seismic bearing capacity of strip foundations using the limit …

Seismic passive earth resistance in submerged soils using modified pseudo-dynamic method with curved rupture surface

BG Rajesh, D Choudhury - Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The sparsity of examination of seismic passive earth pressure acting on retaining wall
holding soil backfill with full submergence, which is more common in waterfront areas, can …

Reliability assessment of internal stability of reinforced soil structures: A pseudo-dynamic approach

BM Basha, GLS Babu - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
A methodology for reliability based optimum design of reinforced soil structures subjected to
horizontal and vertical sinusoidal excitation based on pseudo-dynamic approach is …