A correlation for permanent earthquake-induced deformation of earth embankments

Engineering Geology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 174-185

  Singh, Raghvendra ^a   Roy, Debasis ^a   Das, Debatosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Earth dam; Embankment; Fundamental period; Peak ground acceleration; Permanent deformation; Predominant period; Yield acceleration

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC DESIGN;

FUNDAMENTAL PERIOD; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PERMANENT EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED DEFORMATION; PREDOMINANT PERIOD; YIELD ACCELERATION;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

DEFORMATION; EARTH DAM; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EMBANKMENT; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 33847747337     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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