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Shaking table tests on reinforced soil retaining walls subjected to the combined effects of rainfall and earthquakes
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In this paper, shaking table tests were carried out in model-scale to investigate seismic performance of reinforced soil retaining walls (RSRW) subjected to the combined forces of rainfall and earthquakes.About:
This article is published in Engineering Geology.The article was published on 2020-03-20. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Earthquake shaking table & Lateral earth pressure.read more
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Experimental investigation on the performance of multi-tiered geogrid mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls with wrap-around facing subjected to earthquake loading
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental approach was adopted to compare the seismic performance of single-tiered and multi-tier mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls using physical modeling and through conducting a series of uniaxial shaking table tests.
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Experimental study on seismic response of soilbags-built retaining wall
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of small-scale shaking table tests with the input of different amplitude sinusoidal waves and a large scale shaking table test in a designed laminar shear box were carried out on soilbags' retaining wall models.
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Seismic behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced retaining walls backfilled with cohesive soil
TL;DR: In this paper, the seismic performance of geosynthetic-reinforced modular block retaining walls backfilled with cohesive, fine grained clay-sand soil mixture was investigated for three ½ scaled and ¼ scaled model walls to investigate the effects of backfill type, the influence of reinforcement length and reinforcement stiffness effects.
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Influence of transient flow during infiltration and isotropic/anisotropic matric suction on the passive/active lateral earth pressures of partially saturated soils
TL;DR: In this article , the influence of transient flow on the active and passive lateral earth pressures of variably saturated backfills is thoroughly evaluated employing the lower bound theorems of the finite element limit analysis with second-order cone programming.
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Analysis of cyclic shear characteristics of reinforced soil interfaces under cyclic loading and unloading
TL;DR: In this article , a series of cyclic direct tests under cyclic normal loading was conducted on geogrid-gravel interface and the relationship among the amplitudes of normal loading and shear displacement and frequencies in the horizontal and vertical directions with interface shear strength and volume change was investigated.
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Large-Scale Shaking Table Tests on Modular-Block Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an experimental study of the earthquake performance of modular-block reinforced soil retaining walls which were backfilled with sand using large-scale benchmark shaking table tests.
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What we have learned from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and its aftermath: A decade of research and challenges
Xuanmei Fan,C. Hsein Juang,Janusz Wasowski,Runqiu Huang,Qiang Xu,Gianvito Scaringi,Cees J. van Westen,Hans-Balder Havenith +7 more
TL;DR: A short review of the recent advances in these topics, discuss the challenges faced in the earthquake-related geo-hazards mitigation practice, and suggest priorities and guidelines for future research as discussed by the authors.
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Investigation of the evolutionary process of a reinforced model slope using a fiber-optic monitoring network
TL;DR: In this article, an innovative quasi-distributed fiber-optic sensing network based on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) technology was developed to monitor the strain distributions of the soil nails, the slope subsurface displacements, and the internal strains of soil mass, together with laser displacement transducers for surface displacement measurement.
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Improved Simplified Method for Prediction of Loads in Reinforced Soil Walls
TL;DR: In this paper, a fresh look at both methods and uses lessons learned from the K-stiffness method development to improve the accuracy of the AASHTO/FHWA Simplified Method.
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Combined use of geocell reinforcement and rubber–soil mixtures to improve performance of buried pipes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the mitigation of strain in buried flexible service pipes and of the settlement of backfill over such pipes by the use of geocell reinforcement with rubber-soil mixtures under repeated loading conditions.
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