Analysis of Passive Earth Pressure and Displacements of Retaining Walls Using Pseudo-Dynamic Approach

B. Munwar Basha and G. L. Sivakumar
Additional contact information
B. Munwar Basha: Indian Institute of Science, India
G. L. Sivakumar: BabuIndian Institute of Science, India

International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE), 2010, vol. 1, issue 1, 88-109

Abstract: Using additional dynamic parameters in the pseudo-static method like shear wave and primary wave velocities of soil, phase change in the shear and primary waves, and soil amplification for seismic accelerations, one can benefit from another useful tool called pseudo-dynamic method to solve the problem of earth pressures. In this study, the pseudo-dynamic method is used to compute the seismic passive earth pressures on a rigid gravity retaining wall by considering both the planar failure and composite failure (log-spiral and planar) mechanisms. To validate the present formulation, passive earth pressure computed by the present method are compared with those given by other authors. Seismic passive earth pressure coefficients are provided in tabular form for different parameters. The sliding and rotational displacements are also computed and results of the comparative study showed that the assumption of planar failure mechanism for rough soil-wall interfaces significantly overestimates passive earth pressure and underestimate the sliding and rotational displacements.

Date: 2010
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve. ... 4018/jgee.2010090806 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jgee00:v:1:y:2010:i:1:p:88-109

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) is currently edited by T.G. Sitharam

More articles in International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().