Seismic Performance of Highway Embankments [Research Brief]
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2019-04-01
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Abstract:Researchers evaluated the local and global seismic performance of highway embankments when subjected to a suite of ground motions. Specifically, in this study the goal was to develop a simple nonlinear finite element models that can capture the main characteristic of the real embankment behavior. ABAQUS finite element software was used to build the model geometry and define material properties. Once the model was developed, 44 earthquake ground motions from FEMA P695 database were then scaled, based on the assumption that the embankment is located in Colorado, and used to evaluate various performance levels.
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