Research Article

Effect of the Wall-Back Inclination Angle on the Inertial Loading Distribution along Gravity-Retaining Walls: An Experimental Study on the Shaking Table Test

Table 1

Similarity relationship of the main physical quantities of the retaining wall model.

ItemsAcceleration aBackfill density ρHeight HTime tBackfill cohesion cBackfill internal friction angle φ

Similarity relationshipCaCρCHCc = CaCρCHCφ
Similarity coefficient1131.255.631.251
RemarkControl factorControl factorControl factorInput control