Application of boundary element analysis for multiple seismic cracking in concrete gravity dams

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-30

  Batta, V ^a,b   Pekau, O A ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary elements; Crack propagation; Earthquakes; Fracture mechanics; Gravity dams

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GRAVITY DAM; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONCRETE DAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAVITY DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPLIFT PRESSURE;

CREST BLOCK; FONGMAN DAM; KOYNA DAM; LINEAR ELASTIC ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SEISMIC CRACKING; RUPTURE PROCESS; SEISMIC SAFETY;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0029669334     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199601)25:1<15::AID-EQE533>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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