A STUDY ON THE SEISMIC RELIABILITY FOR THE STABILITY OF CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL

Abstract eng:
In this study, the seismic reliability for the stability of cantilever retaining wall is evaluated by the Monte Carlo simulations. The effects of variability and uncertainty of evaluation parameters are all included in the analysis model accompanied by the hazard-consistent ground motion of Taiwan area. The reliability for the stability of the wall is expressed by the annual probability of factor of safety that less than a specified code value. The results thus obtained give the risk-based failure potential of wall which is consistent with the seismic hazard of the site, and constitute a common standard for comparing failure modes among different structures. The decision of countermeasures against failure of wall is also easy to make by the methods established here.

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