Seismic behavior of geogrid reinforced slag wall

Journal Article · Tue Jul 08 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2963905· OSTI ID:21149045

Edincliler, Ayse ^[1]; Baykal, Gokhan; Saygili, Altug ^[2]

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1. Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Cengelkoey-Istanbul (Turkey)
2. Bogazici University, Department of Civil Engineering, Bebek-Istanbul (Turkey)

Flexible retaining structures are known with their high performance under earthquake loads. In geogrid reinforced walls the performance of the fill material and the interface of the fill and geogrid controls the performance. Geosynthetic reinforced walls in seismic regions must be safe against not only static forces but also seismic forces. The objective of this study is to determine the behavior of a geogrid reinforced slag wall during earthquake by using shaking table experiments. This study is composed of three stages. In the first stage the physical properties of the material to be used were determined. In the second part, a case history involving the use of slag from steel industry in the construction of geogrid reinforced wall is presented. In the third stage, the results of shaking table tests conducted using model geogrid wall with slag are given. From the results, it is seen that slag can be used as fill material for geogrid reinforced walls subjected to earthquake loads.

• OSTI ID: 21149045
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1020; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
CONSTRUCTION
EARTHQUAKES
METAL INDUSTRY
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SEISMOLOGY
SLAGS
WALLS