Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams : Design, Performance, and Research Needs.

Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams : Design, Performance, and Research Needs.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Concrete dams > Design and construction.
Concrete dams > Earthquake effects > Case studies.
Earthquake engineering.
Concrete dams > Design and construction
Concrete dams > Earthquake effects
Earthquake engineering
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams: Design, Performance, and Research Needs
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • EARTHQUAKE INPUT
  • LINEAR RESPONSE ANALYSIS
  • NONLINEAR RESPONSE ANALYSIS
  • OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE
  • SEISMIC PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
  • 1 Introduction
  • THE HAZARD OF DAMS
  • SEISMIC SAFETY OF CONCRETE DAMS
  • SCOPE OF THE REPORT
  • 2 Earthquake Input
  • EARTHQUAKE EXCITATION CONCEPTS
  • Standard Base Input Model
  • Massless Foundation Rock Model
  • Deconvolution Base Rock Input Model
  • Free-Field Input Model
  • PRESENT STATUS OF KNOWLEDGEPrediction of Free-Field Motion
  • Two-Dimensional Caseâ€?Method
  • Two-Dimensional Caseâ€?Results
  • Three-Dimensional Case
  • Applicability of the Results
  • Measured Motions of Foundation Rock
  • Predicted Response to Spatially Varying Input
  • Dynamic Excitation
  • Fault Displacement
  • STATUS OF STRONG-MOTION INSTRUMENT NETWORKS
  • RESEARCH NEEDS
  • 3 Analysis of Linear Response
  • PRELIMINARY COMMENTS
  • STATIC ANALYSIS
  • Traditional Analysis and Design
  • Earthquake Performance of Koyna Dam
  • Limitations of Traditional ProceduresDYNAMIC ANALYSIS
  • Arch Dam Analysis Forerunner
  • Finite Element Modeling
  • Foundation Model Deficiency
  • Limitations of Reservoir Water Interaction Models
  • PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES
  • Conclusions About Interaction Effects
  • Dynamic Analysis Procedures and Computer Programs
  • Two-Dimensional Analysis
  • Three-Dimensional Analysis
  • Simplified Dynamic Analysis Procedures
  • RESEARCH NEEDS
  • 4 Nonlinear Analysis and Response Behavior
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR
  • MATERIAL MODELS AND RESPONSE ANALYSISCRITERIA FOR SAFETY EVALUATION
  • SUMMARY OF RECENT RESEARCH
  • Experimental Research
  • Models for Concrete Cracking
  • Analytical Research
  • RESEARCH NEEDS
  • 5 Experimental and Observational Evidence
  • EARTHQUAKE EXPERIENCE
  • Cases with Strongest Shaking
  • Cases with Recorded Responses
  • Analyses to Reproduce Earthquake Response
  • FIELD VIBRATION TESTS: FORCED AND AMBIENT
  • MODEL TESTS
  • RESEARCH NEEDS
  • 6 Recommended Criteria for Evaluating Seismic Performance
  • BACKGROUND
  • PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
  • Initial Conditions Resulting from Static LoadsEffects of Construction Sequence
  • Temperature Effects
  • Creep Effects
  • Uplift
  • Deformation Modulus of Foundation Rock
  • Two-Dimensional Versus Three-Dimensional Analytical Models
  • GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING RESULTS FROM LINEAR ANALYSES
  • Concrete Strengths During Earthquake Loading
  • Compression
  • Tension
  • Shear
  • Evaluating Seismic Performance
  • Arch and Gravity Dams
  • Buttress Dams
  • GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING RESULTS FROM NONLINEAR ANALYSES
  • GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING FOUNDATION STABILITY

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