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Sand eddies induced by cyclic tilt of a retaining wall

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The cyclic tilt of a retaining wall induces a peculiar motion in the backfill (sand), which exhibits closed trajectories (eddies). In this paper, the motion of the backfill has been optically traced and analyzed by means of particle image velocimetry, also known as digital image correlation. The results are of importance for cyclically loaded structures (e.g, piles for off-shore structures) and can also serve to test numerical simulations of large deformation.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the students Amy Cleaves and Eleanor Shirley for carrying out some of the experiments presented in this paper. The research presented in this paper is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), project number I 547-N13.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Infrastructure, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 13, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Chien-Hsun Chen & Dimitrios Kolymbas

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Chen, CH., Kolymbas, D. Sand eddies induced by cyclic tilt of a retaining wall. Acta Geotech. 11, 269–280 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-015-0376-x

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