An experimental investigation of water level effects on the dynamic behaviour of a large arch dam

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1147-1166

  Proulx, Jean ^a,b   Paultre, Patrick ^a   Rheault, Julien ^b   Robert, Yannick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NCK ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Arch dams; Concrete dams; Dam reservoir foundation interaction; Dynamic testing; Forced vibration testing; Numerical correlation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; VARIATION PROPERTIES;

ARCH DAMS;

CONCRETE; DAM; SEISMIC RESPONSE; VIBRATION; WATER LEVEL;

CONCRETE; DAM; FOUNDATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; VIBRATION; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 0035425031     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.55     Document Type: Article

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