Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9642586 | Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering | 2005 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper deals with an analysis method for the response and motion of soil-like rigid-plastic bodies under seismic loading conditions. A continuity condition to determine the acceleration distribution within the rigid-plastic body when the failure occurs during seismic motions is proposed. Combining this continuity condition of acceleration and the 'Generalized Limit Equilibrium Method (GLEM)', the responses of the earth structure during seismic motions as well as the permanent displacements can be obtained, where GLEM is one of the limit equilibrium methods proposed by the authors for static problems and providing the approximate solution for Kötter's equation. The theoretical formulation of the method, the illustrative examples, and some comparisons between the analytical and experimental results are demonstrated.
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Authors
Meiketsu Enoki, Binh Xuan Luong, Noboru Okabe, Katsuhisa Itou,