Kyoto University of Education

A hydro-mechanical mechanism for cyclic ratcheting of embedded cantilever retaining walls in saturated sand

Saturated backfills behind embedded cantilever walls deform through coupled hydro-mechanical processes that pseudo-static methods cannot capture. Three 40 g dynamic centrifuge tests are presented to isolate how the pre-seismic static state, set by wall flexural stiffness, togethe...