1- Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
2- Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran ,heidarzadeh@sku.ac.ir
2- Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran ,
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The wavelet theory in the dynamic analysis of the issues related to civil engineering is going to be widespread. This research aims to investigate the effect of using wavelet theory in the dynamic analyses of concrete retaining walls. For this purpose, a soil medium along with concrete retaining walls with different dimensions (heights) are considered. Dynamic analyses are performed based on the finite element method. In the first stage of modeling, the Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake record is filtered during four steps using the discrete wavelet theory. The numerical models are prepared and subjected to the available records. The percentage of the difference in the results of the analyses done with the records obtained from the different steps of filtering record with wavelet compared to the analyses done with the main record, along with the reduction of the time consumption, is evaluated. As expected, the best match of the post-filtering results to the main earthquake results is for the first-step filter. It can be seen that even the first step filter reduces the analysis time by about 60%. Based on the obtained results, the difference between the results obtained with the filtered records becomes less compared to the main earthquake with the increase in the height of the wall. It has also been observed that acceptable results are still obtained, and the analysis time is reduced by almost 80% until the third step filter.
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