Seismic analysis of cantilever retaining walls, Phase I




Preface

The study documented herein was undertaken as part of Work Unit 3879456h,

“Seismic Design of Cantilever Retaining

Walls,” funded by the Headquarters, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE) Civil Works Earthquake Engineering

Research Program (EQEN) under the purview of the Geotechnical and

Structures Laboratory (GSL), Vicksburg, MS, U.S. Army Engineer Research and

Development Center (ERDC). Technical Director for this research area was Dr.

Mary Ellen Hynes, GSL. The HQUSACE Program

Monitor for this work was Ms. Anjana Chudgar. The principal investigator (PI) for this study

was Dr. Robert M. Ebeling, Computer-Aided Engineering Division (CAED), Information

Technology Laboratory (ITL), Vicksburg, MS, ERDC, and Program



Manager was Mr. Donald E. Yule, GSL. The work was performed at University

of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and at ITL. The effort at the University

of Michigan was funded through response to the ERDC Broad Agency

Announcement FY01, BAA# ITL-1, “A Research Investigation of Dynamic

Earth Loads on Cantilever Retaining Walls as a Function of the Wall Geometry,

Backfill Characteristics, and Numerical Modeling Technique.”


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