Continuos ambient-vibration monitoring of the arch dam of Mauvoisin

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 475-480

  Darbre, Georges R ^a   Proulx, Jean ^b  

^a Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient vibrations; Concrete dams; Dynamic testing; Reservoir level; Resonance frequencies; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WATER LEVELS;

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS;

ARCH DAMS;

DAM; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MONITORING;

DAM; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MONITORING; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036467517     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.118     Document Type: Article

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