Analytical-numerical solution for hydrodynamic pressures on dams with sloping face considering compressibility and viscosity of water

Computers and Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 481-488

  Avilés, Javier ^a   Li, Xiangyue ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boundary method; Hydrodynamic pressure; Nonvertical upstream face; Rigid dam; Water compressibility; Water viscosity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); VISCOSITY;

HYDRODYNAMIC PRESSURE; NONVERTICAL UPSTREAM FACE; TREFFTZ FUNCTION;

DAMS;

EID: 0031996216     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(97)00091-6     Document Type: Article

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