Investigation of the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake damages to the Zipingpu water control project and an assessment of its safety state

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 820-834

  Guan, Zhicheng ^a  

^a Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design General Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Concrete faced rockfill dam; Dam project; Earthquake; Earthquake damage investigation; Safety state; Zipingpu Dam

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; EARTHQUAKES; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE STABILITY;

BEFORE AND AFTER; COMPARISON ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS; CONCRETE-FACED ROCKFILL DAM; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE INVESTIGATION; OBSERVATION DATUM; ON SITE INVESTIGATIONS; RICHTER SCALE; SAFETY STATE; SHORT DISTANCES; SICHUAN PROVINCES; WATER CONTROLS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; ZIPINGPU DAM;

DAMS;

EID: 63349111646     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-009-0044-1     Document Type: Article

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