Results of numerical modelling of gravity retaining walls using the OpenSees finite element facilities are presented. Simplified design analyses for gravity walls are often based on pseudo-static modelling. The purpose of the paper is to check on the validity of the pseudo-static approach by calculating, using results from nonlinear time history analyses, the accumulation of permanent displacements during the course of dynamic excitation.
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