Evaluation of the seismic response of a homogeneous earth dam

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 782-798

  Rampello, S ^a   Cascone, E ^b   Grosso, N ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decoupled approach; Displacement methods; Earth dam; Effective stress analysis; Seismic response

Indexed keywords

COFFERDAMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; EMBANKMENT DAMS; EMBANKMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RAILROAD TRACKS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

ACCELERATION FIELDS; ACCELEROGRAMS; BEDROCK DEPTHS; DECOUPLED APPROACH; DISPLACEMENT METHODS; EARTH DAM; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS ANALYSIS; FE-ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENTS; HOMOGENEOUS EARTH DAMS; INPUT MOTIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; NON LINEARITIES; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC LOADINGS; SEISMIC SCENARIOS; SLIDING BLOCKS; SMALL STRAINS;

DAMS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CYCLIC LOADING; DISPLACEMENT; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTH DAM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOTION; GROUND SETTLEMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 60449104391     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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