Investigation of dynamic behavior of reinforced soil retaining walls

Geosynthetic Reinforced soil retaining walls have become widespread in the recent decades. In this research, numerical analyses have been conducted to evaluate the effect of mechanical properties of the wall and dynamic parameters on the behavior of GRSW. The results prove that the different types of facing affect the general deformation form. Furthermore, the wall displacement reduces with rise in reinforcements stiffness. Any soar in the acceleration amplitude increases the reinforcement loads and wall displacement. The difference between the natural frequency and the frequency of the base vibration is a significant factor affecting the wall seismic response.

کلیدواژه ها:

Reinforced Soil Retaining wall ، Dynamic analysis ، Finite difference ، Geosynthetic reinforcements ، Numerical modeling