Dynamic centrifuge tests of concrete dam

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1467-1487

  Uchita, Y ^a   Shimpo, T ^a   Saouma, V ^b  

^a TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Dams; Earthquake

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITY DAMS;

CENTRIFUGE TESTING; SEISMIC LOAD;

CONCRETE DAMS;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DAM; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 26444585094     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.493     Document Type: Article

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