Seismic structural stability of concrete gravity dams considering transient uplift pressures in cracks

Engineering Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-628

  Javanmardi, Farrokh ^a   Léger, Pierre ^a   Tinawi, René ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Dams; Seismic stability; Seismic water crack interaction model; Water uplift pressure

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CRACK OPENING MODES; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; SEISMIC STRUCTURAL STABILITY; SLIDING SAFETY FACTORS (SSF);

GRAVITY DAMS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844349530     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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