Seismic behaviors of earth-core and concrete-faced rock-fill dams by dynamic centrifuge tests

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1579-1593

  Kim, Mu Kwang ^a   Lee, Sei Hyun ^b   Choo, Yun Wook ^b   Kim, Dong Soo ^b  

^a HYUNDAI Engineering and Construction   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION RATIO; CENTRIFUGE MODELING; CENTRIFUGE MODELS; CENTRIFUGE TESTS; CONCRETE-FACED ROCK-FILL DAMS; DAM CRESTS; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; EARTHQUAKE RECORDS; FACE SLAB; FIELD DATA; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; RESIDUAL SETTLEMENT; ROCK-FILL DAM; SEISMIC BEHAVIOR; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

AMPLIFICATION; CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; EMBANKMENT DAMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

CENTRIFUGATION;

BEDROCK; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKFILL DAM; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 80051813309     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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