Feasibility of the surface-wave method for the assessment of physical properties of a dam using numerical analysis

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Min, Dong Joo ^a   Kim, Hyoung Soo ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dam inspection; Dispersion curve; Elastic wave model; Geophysical seismic method; MASW (Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves); SASW (Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves); Surface wave application

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES;

DAM INSPECTION; DISPERSION CURVE; GEOPHYSICAL SEISMIC METHOD; MULTICHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES (MASW); SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES (SASW);

DAMS;

DAM; ELASTIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEISMIC METHOD; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 33745054438     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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