Nonlinear seismic response of concrete gravity dams with dam-reservoir interaction

Engineering Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 306-315

  Ghaemian, M ^a   Ghobarah, A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concrete gravity dams; Dam reservoir interaction; Nonlinear analysis; Seismic energy response; Staggered method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCRETE DAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC ENERGY RESPONSE; STAGGERED SOLUTION METHODS;

GRAVITY DAMS;

CONCRETE DAM; GRAVITY DAM; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

GRAVITY DAM; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0033120167     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00208-3     Document Type: Article

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