Probabilistic analysis of the active earth pressure on retaining wall for c-f soil backfill under seismic loading conditions

This paper describes a methodology based on the Rosenblueth point estimate method to analyze the active earth pressure developed on retaining walls for c-f soil backfill under seismic loading conditions. The fundamentals of this methodology are to use two point estimates to examine a variable in the...

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Autores:
Brasil Cavalcante, André Luís
Rodríguez Rebolledo, Juan Félix
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/60352
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/60352
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/58684/
Palabra clave:
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
probabilistic analysis
point estimate method
retaining wall
seismic loading
factor of safety
probability of failure
análisis probabilístico
método de estimación puntual
muro de retención
carga sísmica
factor de seguridad
probabilidad de falla
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This paper describes a methodology based on the Rosenblueth point estimate method to analyze the active earth pressure developed on retaining walls for c-f soil backfill under seismic loading conditions. The fundamentals of this methodology are to use two point estimates to examine a variable in the safety analysis: the mean value and the standard deviation. When the horizontal seismic acceleration coefficient increases, the overturning factor of safety decreases, whereas the probability of failure increases, particularly for coefficients greater than 0.2. In addition, the mean factor of safety increases when the vertical seismic acceleration coefficient increases, but the probability of failure remains practically identical for the considered critical factor of safety (1.15).