seismic analysis of retaining walls, buried structures, embankments, and integral abutments



Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the personnel from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). In particular the authors would like to thank Mr. Anthony Chmiel, Research Project Manager and Mr. Nicholas Vitillo, Manager of NJDOT Bureau of Research for their support and constructive comments. The authors also would like to thank Mr. Harry Capers of the NJDOT Office of Transportation Safety and Mr. Jose Lopez and Ms Hannah Cheng of the NJDOT Bureau of Structural Engineering for their technical support and helpful suggestions and comments throughout this research. The authors also would like to thank Rutgers graduate students Ozgur Bezgin, Hashem Khasawneh, and Sardar Nabi, and for their work on this project. The financial support of this project was provided by the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Mr. Anthony Chmiel was the NJDOT Research Project Manager. Drs. Husam Najm, Hani Nassif, and Nenad Gucunski from Rutgers University were the project Principal Investigators.



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