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Abstract This paper describes a study on seismic coefficient and dynamic earth pressure distribution of a geo-grid reinforced Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall. Dynamic finite element modeling is implemented on the wall to investigate its dynamic responses under selected historic ground motions for a…

In pseudo-static analysis, the Mononobe-Okabe (M-O) solution is typically applied to determine seismic earth pressures acting on retaining walls where resulting displacements are relatively large. These equations require the input of a horizontal seismic coefficient which is frequently chosen to be equivalent to the free-field…