Experimental and numerical seismic investigations of the Three Gorges dam

Engineering Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-513

  Li, Q S ^a   Li, Z N ^b   Li, G Q ^c   Meng, J F ^d   Tang, J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Earthquake, Shaking table; Finite element method; Gravity dam; Model test; Three Gorges dam

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITY DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

GEOMETRIC SCALE; POWERHOUSE MONOLITH; SEISMIC DESIGNS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DAM; EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES; WORLD;

EID: 14844352415     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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