Experimental study of small scale dam models

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1241-1248

  Ghobarah, A ^a   Ghaemian, M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS;

CONCRETE DAMS;

GRAVITY DAM; MODEL;

EID: 0032214732     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:11(1241)     Document Type: Article

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