title: Examination of the behavior of gravity quay wall against liquefaction under the effect of wall width and soil improvement.
abstract: Deformation of quay walls is one of the main sources of damage to port facility while liquefaction of backfill and base soil of the wall are the main reasons for failures of quay walls. During earthquakes, the most susceptible materials for liquefaction in seashore regions are loose saturated sand. In this study, effects of enhancing the wall width and the soil improvement on the behavior of gravity quay walls are examined in order to obtain the optimum improved region. The FLAC 2D software was used for analyzing and modeling progressed models of soil and loading under difference conditions. Also, the behavior of liquefiable soil is simulated by the use of "Finn" constitutive model in the analysis models. The "Finn" constitutive model is especially created to determine liquefaction phenomena and excess pore pressure generation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ali Akbar
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5282-0575
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Firoozi
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Raihan
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mir Moammad Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6971-0858
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Firoozi
mesh_terms: D055866:Earthquakes; D006112:Gravitation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D055883:Structure Collapse / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil