Madhavi Latha, G and Manju, GS (2018) Effect of facing slope on the seismic response of geocell walls. In: Geotechnical Engineering, 49 (1). pp. 73-83.
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This paper presents the effect of slope angle of facing on the seismic response of retaining walls with geocell facing. Keeping the dimensions and configuration of geocell layer same, shaking table model tests were carried out with vertical and battered walls retaining sand backfill. In case of battered walls, geocell layers were laid with an offset, resulting in an overall slope of the wall. Vertical walls were constructed with geocell layers stacked vertically above each other. Gravel was used as infill material in geocells. Models were subjected to different levels of ground motion conditions by controlling the acceleration and frequency of shaking. Acceleration amplitudes of 0.2g and 0.3g with frequencies ranging between 1 Hz and 7 Hz were used in the model tests. Response of models was monitored with cyclic shaking at intended acceleration and frequency by measuring the face deformations and acceleration amplifications along the height of the retaining wall, Results from model tests showed that battered walls perform better than the vertical walls since the measured deformations and acceleration amplifications were comparatively low in battered walls. The improved performance of battered walls is due to the increased stiffness and increase in dynamic impedance caused due to shifting of moment of inertia of pressure distribution at the back of the wall in case of walls battered towards the backfill.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Geotechnical Engineering |
| Publisher: | Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society. |
| Keywords: | Deformation; Facings; Geotechnical engineering; Retaining walls; Seismic response; Seismology, Amplification factors; Geocells; Seismic Performance; Shaking table modeling; Wall slope, Acceleration, acceleration; amplitude; backfill; deformation; frequency analysis; gravel; ground motion; retaining wall; seismic response; shaking table test; slope angle |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2022 12:11 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2022 12:11 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/75636 |
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