An investigation of joints behavior in seismic response of arch dams

Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 17-31

  Lotfi, V ^a   Espandar, R ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arch dam; Concrete; Contraction joints; Nonlinear; Seismic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346777114     PISSN: 14439255     EISSN: 14439255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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