Earthquake analysis of gravity dams based on damage mechanics concept

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 725-751

  Valliappan, S ^a   Yazdchi, M ^a   Khalili, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorbing boundary; Anisotropic behaviour; Damage evolution; Damage mechanics; Earthquakes; Gravity dam

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; SEISMOLOGY;

ABSORBING BOUNDARY; SECOND ORDER TENSOR MODEL;

GRAVITY DAMS;

DAM; DAMAGE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GRAVITY DAM; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0030268335     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199610)20:10<725::AID-NAG843>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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