Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments

The Final Report is organized into two volumes. Volume 1 is published as NCHRP Report 611: Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments. Volume 2, which presents the proposed specifications, commentaries, and example problems for the retaining walls, slopes and embankments, and buried structures, is available for download only. The appendices to NCHRP Report 611 are available online. The objective of NCHRP Project 12-70 was to remove the limitations of the current specifications through the development of analytical and design methods for the seismic design of retaining walls, buried structures, slopes, and embankments. This research was managed by Donald Anderson, CH2M HILL, Bellevue, Washington, with the assistance of Geoffrey Martin, University of Southern California; Po Lam, Earth Mechanics; and Joe Wang, Parson Brinckerhoff, New York. The report fully documents the program used to develop the design procedures.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=359

Language

• English

Project

• Contract Numbers:

  12-70

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  CH2M Hill

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• Principal Investigators:

  Donald Anderson (CHM Hill - Bellevue, Washington)

• Start Date: 20040325
• Expected Completion Date: 20080701
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Embankments; Retaining walls; Seismicity; Slopes; Structural design; Underground structures
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01984451
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: 12-70
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 26 2026 2:22PM