Monitored hydromechanical behavior of concrete gravity dam foundations

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1235-1241

  De Gimenes, E A ^a   Fernandez G ^a   Abdulamit, A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOUNDATIONS; GRAVITY DAMS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS; COUPLED HYDRO MECHANICALS; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; FOUNDATION TREATMENT; HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; RESERVOIR FILLING; ROCK MASS DISCONTINUITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 33744531211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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