Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6736228 | Engineering Structures | 2018 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Firstly, scaled-down experiments have been carried out using a mock-up composed of a wall made of clay bricks retaining a sandy backfill. This mock-up was then tilted and the characteristics of the system at failure were reported and analysed. A particularity of failure in DSRWs is that the failure surface crosses the wall leaving a part of it intact. Secondly, an analytic method based on the limit equilibrium using the Coulomb wedge theory has been designed to predict the tilting angle and validated on the basis of these experimental results. Finally, some preliminary implications for the seismic design of DSRWs have been proposed for walls built in moderate seismicity areas which is typical of mainland France. In low seismicity zones, the extra width required to bear the seismic motion does not exceed 25% of the width identified through the static design. Results are also given for more critical cases associated to zones of higher seismicity as well as for different wall configurations.
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Authors
Nathanael Savalle, Eric Vincens, Stéphane Hans,