SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF HUNCHBACKED BLOCK-TYPE GRAVITY QUAY WALLS

Herein, the seismic behavior of hunchbacked blocktype gravity quay walls is investigated using 2D fully nonlinear dynamic time-history analyses. They take into account material and geometric non-linearities. Both static and seismic conditions are considered. The obtained numerical results are compared with those of 1g shaking table tests [1]. Comparisons are proposed in terms of acceleration, displacement, and total lateral earth pressure time histories across the height of two types of quay walls with different configurations, as shown in Figure 1. Quay wall Type I has a larger hunch than that of Type II.