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Study on rational procedures to evaluate seismic stability of retaining walls

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08555119
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field Geotechnical engineering
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

KOSEKI Junichi  Institute of Industrial Science, Univ.of Tokyo, Associate Professor, 生産技術研究所, 助教授 (30272511)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MIKI Hiroshi  Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Division Head, 材料施工部・土質研究室, 室長
TATEYAMA Masaru  Railway Technical Research Institute, Chief Engineer, 技術開発事業本部, 主任技師
MURATA Osamu  Railway Technical Research Institute, Chief Manager, 技術開発事業本部, 計画担当主幹
TATSUOKA Fumio  Department of Civil Engineering, Univ.of Tokyo, Professor, 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (70111565)
舘山 勝  (財)鉄道総合技術研究所, 土質・基礎研究室, 主任技師
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥5,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥6,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,000,000)
KeywordsRetaining walls / Reinforced-soil retaining walls / Seismic design / Back analysis / Model test / Earth pressure / Pseudo-static method / Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake / 補強土
Research Abstract

In order to establish rational procedures to evaluate seismic stability of retaining walls, back analyzes of retaining walls for railway embankments damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake, shaking and tilt table model tests on a variety of retaining walls, and investigations to evaluate active earth pressures at high seismic load levels were conducted.
The back analyzes revealed that there exists a big gap between the design horizontal coefficients used in the current pseudo-static seismic design approaches for retaining walls and the peak ground acceleration divided by the gravitational acceleration experienced by a number of RWs during the 1995 Hyogo-ken-nambu Earthquake. In the tilt table tests, irrespective of wall type, a failure plane or a set of failure planes developed in the backfill associated with the active failure in the backfill, followed by the ultimate failure or collapse of wall only at a slightly larger tilting angle. On the other hand, in the shaking table tests, the ultimate failure or collapse of wall occurred at a much later stage associated with relative large deformation and displacement of wall occurring after the first active failure plane developed in the backfill.
Based on the above results, a modified pseudo-static and limit-equilibrium approach to evaluate active earth pressure at high seismic load levels is proposed. Although it is similar to the Mononobe-Okabe method, the proposed method considers the effects of strain localization in the backfill soil and associated post-peak reduction in the shear resistance from peak to residual values along a previously formed failure plane.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

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All Publications (21 results)

  • [Publications] Koseki,J. ほか: "Back analyses of soil retaining walls for railway embankments damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake" The 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake, Committee of Earthquake Engineering, JSCE. 101-114 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka,F. ほか: "Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls as Important Permanent Structures" Geosynthetics International. Vol.4,No.2. 81-136 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka,F. ほか: "Performance of reinforced soil structures during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake" Proc.of International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement. vol.2. 973-1008 (1997)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatuoka,F. ほか: "Seismic stability against high seismic loads of geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining structures" Proc.of 6th International Conference on Geosynthetics. (印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koseki,J ほか: "Shaking and tilt table tests of geosynthetic-reinforced soil and conventional-type retaining walls" Geosynthetics International. (印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koseki,J ほか: "A modified procedure to evaluate active earth pressure at high seismic loads" Soils and Foundations. (印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koseki, J., Tateyama, M., Tatsuoka, F.and Horii K.: "Back analyzes of soil retaining walls for railway embankments damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake" The 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu Earthquake-Investigation into Damage to Civil Engineering Structures-, Committee of Earthquake Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers. 101-114 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka, F., Tateyama, M., Uchimura, T.and Koseki, J.: "Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls as Important Permanent Structures" Geosynthetics International. Vol.4, No.2. 81-136 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka, F., Koseki, J.and Tateyama, M.: "Performance of reinforced soil structures during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake" Earth Reinforcement, Ochiai, Yasufuku & Omine (eds), A.A.Balkema. Vol.2. 973-1008 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka, F., Koseki, J., Tateyama, M., Munaf, Y.and Horii, K.: "Seismic stability against high seismic loads of geosynthetic-reinforced soil retaining structures" Proc.6th Int.Conf.on Geosynthetics, Atlanta. (printing). (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koseki, J., Munaf, Y., Tatsuoka, F., Tateyama, M., Kojima, K.and Sato, T.: "Shaking and tilt table tests of geosynthetic-reinforced soil and conventional-type retaining walls" Geosynthetic International. (printing). (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koseki, J., Tatsuoka, F., Munaf, Y., Tateyama, M.and Kojima, K.: "A modified procedure to evaluate active earth pressure at high seismic loads" Soils and Foundations. (to be published). (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka,F.ほか: "Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls as Important Permanent Structures" Geosynthetics International. Vol.4,No.2. 81-136 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka,F.ほか: "Performance of reinforced soil structures during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake" Proc.of International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement. Vol.2. 973-1008 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tatsuoka,F.ほか: "Seismic stability against high seismic loads of geosynthetic-reinforged soil retaining structures" Proc.of 6th International Conference on Geosynthetics. (発表予定).

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Koseki,J.ほか: "Shaking and tilt table tests of geosynthetic-reinforced soil and conventional-type retaining walls" Geosynthetic International. (発表予定).

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Koseki,J.ほか: "A modified procedure to evaluate active earth pressure at high seismic loads" Soils and Foundations. (発表予定).

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Munaf,J.Koseki,T.Sato: "Model tests on seismic behaviour of soil reraining walls" 生産研究. Vol.48,No.7. 371-374 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古関潤一,龍岡文夫,舘山勝: "兵庫県南部地震で被災した鉄道擁壁の逆解析" 生産研究. Vol.48,No.11. 531-534 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] J.Koseki,M.Tateyama,F.Tatsuoka: "Back analyses of soil retaining walls for railway embankments damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake" The 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu Earthquake-Investigation into Damage to Civil Engineering Structures-Committee of Earthquake Engineering Japan Society of Civil Engineers. 101-104 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Munaf,J.Koseki,T.Sato: "Failure Pattern of Several Retaining Wall Models by Tilting Teste" 地盤工学会 第32回地盤工学研究発表会講演集. (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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