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the discrete wall panel. This was consistent with the results of static tests as
presented by Tatsuoka et al. (1989). The performance of modular block walls that
now comprise a large portion of highway applications in the United States is not
readily known.
For the purpose of validating numerical procedures and centrifuge models,
additional test results should be made available in the public domain. No data are
available on the shaking table tests conducted in Japan. For the PWRI wall, the
author has managed the data and is making it available to the public through the
web site.
Around the time of this topic's publication, a study of three full-scale
modular-block reinforced soil walls of height 3m was conducted (Ling and
Leshchinsky, 2003).
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