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- Title
- Dynamic Centrifuge Testing of a Tilting Retaining Wall with Saturated Backfill. 2. Analysis and Interpretation of Results.
- File
- PB94122629.pdf
- Author(s)
- Ting, N. H.; Whitman, R. V.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., May 1993, 476 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- MIT-CE-R93-13
- Abstract
- This is the second in a series of reports concerning a series of tests undertaken as part of the VELACS (Verification of Liquefaction Analyses by Centrifuge Studies) Project. These tests were performed during the summer of 1991 using the geotechnical Centrifuge and the dynamic shaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The report is identical with a thesis submitted by Dr. Ting in Partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. During his studies, Dr. Ting served as a Graduate Research Assistant. Dr. Robert V. Whitman (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering) was the principal investigator. The VELACS project has been funded by the Earthquake Hazards Reduction program at the National Science Foundation; Dr. Cliff Astill is the principal scientific contact at NSF.
- Keywords
- ; Numerical analysis; Centrifuging; Tests; Retaining walls; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Theses; Liquefaction (Soils); Backfilling; Sands