Experimental seismic investigation of Sefid-rud concrete buttress dam model on shaking table

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 809-823

  Ghaemmaghami, A R ^a   Ghaemian, M ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buttress dam; Model test; Nonlinear fracture mechanics; Sefid rud dam; Seismic properties; Shaking table

Indexed keywords

BUTTRESS DAMS; CONCRETE DAMS; CRACKS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; DYNAMIC CRACKING; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SHAKING TABLE;

SEISMOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAM; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 42049103193     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.791     Document Type: Article

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