Rotating Block Method for Seismic Displacement of Gravity Walls

Autor:	Nandakumaran Paruvakat, X. Zeng, R. S. Steedman
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Centrifuge Earthquake engineering Engineering business.industry Seismic loading Angular velocity Slip (materials science) Induced seismicity Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Retaining wall Rotation Geotechnical engineering business General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 127:994-995
ISSN:	1943-5606 1090-0241
DOI:	10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(2001)127:11(994)
Popis:	A rotating block method is developed to calculate the rotational displacements of gravity retaining walls based on rigid foundations under seismic loading. The method is similar to the pseudostatic sliding block method of Newmark. When a threshold acceleration for rotation is exceeded, a rigid wall will start to rotate until the angular velocity for rotation is reduced to zero. The influence of ground motion characteristics on computed wall deformation was evaluated. The procedure was validated by data from centrifuge tests. This method is also applicable for the most complex cases when the sliding and rotation of a gravity wall are coupled.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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