Seismic safety evaluation of concrete dams in Québec

International Journal on Hydropower and Dams

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-109

  Léger, Pierre ^a   Leclerc, Martin ^a   Larivière, Richard ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCH DAMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRACK INITIATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC EXPOSURE;

CONCRETE DAMS;

EID: 17344386791     PISSN: 13522523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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