Shaking Table Tests of Embankment Models Reinforced with Geotextiles - Reinforced Soil Engineering: Advances in Research and Practice - page 387

Figure 8 Settlement at crest D2 (sand B).

results. This indicates that reinforcing embankments with the continuous system
can increase acceleration response, greatly reduce settlement, and increase
seismic resistance.
Next, the results of the large-scale model tests will be detailed.

2.2.2 Large-Scale Shaking Table Model Tests

The model in Fig. 10 was constructed on the large-scale shaking table (1.5 m
high, 2.8 m wide, 5.5 m long). The model was about one tenth of an earth dam
where 1.5-m settlement occurred at the Mid Japan Sea earthquake in 1983. The
grain size of the sand in the earth dam was very similar to that used in the shaking

Figure 9 Observed records with time (sand B).