Earthquake-resistant retaining structures
Principles of soil-structure interaction under seismic disturbance. Kinematic effects and seismic stability
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Earthquake-resistant retaining structures
Principles of soil-structure interaction under seismic disturbance. Kinematic effects and seismic stability

Authors : Stéphane BRÛLÉ, Fahd CUIRA

Publication date: May 10, 2018, Review date: July 20, 2020 | Lire en français

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5. Earthquake-resistant retaining structures

5.1 Pseudo-static method

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5.1.1 General principle

The seismic effects to be considered in a retaining wall calculation can be simulated using a pseudo-static approach, which assimilates the effects of the earthquake to equivalent inertial forces acting on both the soil mass and the retaining wall itself (figure 26 ).

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