A Critical Review of Full-Scale Shaking Table Tests Conducted on Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls

This chapter gives a critical review of the full-scale shaking table tests that were conducted on reinforcing soil retaining walls that were presented in the book. Most of the tests were conducted in Japan because of the availability of testing facilities and also because seismic consideration is a stringent design requirement in Japan. The most notable tests were that of the Japan Railway Technical Research Institute and the Public Works Research Institutes. Both institutions conducted a series of model tests in establishing design specifications for the then Ministry of Transportation (railways) and the Ministry of Construction (highways), respectively. The above tests were limited to the Japanese version of reinforced soil structures. In North America, several shaking table tests have been conducted on modular block walls at the Royal Military College (RMC) Canada. The shaking table tests conducted at RMS were models of a modular block wall. It has to be noted that because of the size of the table shake facilities, reduced modular blocks and reinforcement were used. Full-scale shaking table tests for a wall above 5 meters, for example, is almost impossible and not affordable because of the high cost in addition to the lack of availability of test facilities.

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  Marcel Dekker, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Ling, Hoe I
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 491-510
• Monograph Title: Reinforced Soil Engineering. Advances in Research and Practice

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant design; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Retaining walls; Seismicity; Shaking table tests; Soil structure; Specifications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reinforced retaining walls; Reinforced soils
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

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• Accession Number: 01041692
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0824742540
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2007 1:32PM