Research Article
Shaking Table Study on the Seismic Performance of Geogrid Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls
Table 2
Scaling factors in the specimen.
| | Number | Physical quantity | Similarity constants | Scaling factor (prototype/model) | | 2 : 1 | 4 : 1 |
| | 1 | Length (L) | CL | 2 | 4 | | 2 | Elastic modulus (E) | CE = 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | Density (ρ) | Cρ = 1 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Stress (σ) | Cσ = CE = 1 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | Time (t) | Ct = | 1.414 | 2 | | 6 | Velocity () | Cv = | 1.414 | 2 | | 7 | Acceleration (a) | Ca = 1 | 1 | 1 | | 8 | Gravity () | Cg = 1 | 1 | 1 | | 9 | Frequency (ω) | Cω = | 0.707 | 0.5 |
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