Response of earth dams to Rayleigh waves using coupled FE-BE method

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1311-1320

  Dakoulas, Panos ^a,c   Abouseeda, Hassan ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^c ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; EARTH DAM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WAVE;

DAM; EARTH DAM; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 5244243964     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1997)123:12(1311)     Document Type: Article

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