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Earthquake response of wrap faced embankment on soft clay soil in Bangladesh

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A wrap-faced embankment model on soft clay soil subjected to earthquake motion was investigated in this study. The study was conducted both experimentally using a shaking table and numerically using PLAXIS 3D software. The amplification of acceleration, displacement, pore water pressure, and strain response were measured while varying input accelerations and surcharge pressures. Time histories of the Kobe record of the 1995 Hanshin earthquake were used as the input seismic motion. The input acceleration was 0.05 g, 0.1 g, 0.15 g, and 0.2 g, and different surcharge pressures were 0.70 kPa, 1.12 kPa, and 1.72 kPa with relative density of Sylhet sand fixed to 48%. The output data from the shaking table tests and the numerical analysis performed through the PLAXIS 3D software were compared, and these findings were also compared with some earlier similar studies. The acceleration amplification, displacement, pore water pressure, and strain (%) changed along the elevation of the embankment and acceleration response increased with the increase in base acceleration. The increase was more noticeable at higher elevations. These findings enrich the knowledge of predicting the dynamic behavior of wrap-faced embankments and enable the design parameters to be adjusted more accurately.

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  1. LGED, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Ripon Hore

  2. Kongju National University, Cheonan, South Korea

    Sudipta Chakraborty

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Kamruzzaman Kamrul

  4. Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Ayaz Mahmud Shuvon

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mehedi A. Ansary

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Hore, R., Chakraborty, S., Kamrul, K. et al. Earthquake response of wrap faced embankment on soft clay soil in Bangladesh. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 22, 703–718 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-023-2194-8

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