A hybrid distinct element-boundary element approach for seismic analysis of cracked concrete gravity dam-reservoir systems

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1347-1356

  Mirzayee, M ^a   Khaji, N ^a   Ahmadi, M T ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED MASS; BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS; COMPUTER CODES; CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS; CRACKED CONCRETES; DAM-RESERVOIR INTERACTION; DAM-RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; DISTINCT ELEMENTS; HYBRID APPROACH; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; ROCKING RESPONSE; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC BEHAVIOR; SEISMIC EXCITATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONCRETE DAMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GRAVITY DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRAVITY DAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

INDIA; KOYNA DAM; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 79959679213     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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