Reliability Analysis of Arch Dam Subjected to Seismic Loads

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7609-7619

  Chen, Hongjie ^a   Xu, Weiya ^a   Wu, Qingxi ^a   Liu, Zaobao ^a   Wang, Shengnian ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arch dam; Dynamic reliability analysis; Dynamic response analysis; Finite element methods; Response spectrum; Response surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909994476     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1338-6     Document Type: Article

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