Earthquake engineering for concrete dams : design, performance, and research needs / / Panel on Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams, Committee on Earthquake Engineering, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 143 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 627/.8
• Soggetto topico: Concrete dams - Design and construction; Concrete dams - Earthquake effects; Earthquake engineering
• Altri autori: CloughRay W. <1920->
• Note generali: "Ray W. Clough, Chairman, Panel on Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references [p. 127-143].
• Nota di contenuto: 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 KNOWLEDGE -- Prediction of Free-Field Motion -- Two-Dimensional Case-Method -- Two-Dimensional Case-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 Procedures -- DYNAMIC 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 ANALYSIS -- CRITERIA 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 Loads -- Effects 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 -- Sliding Stability Along Concrete-Foundation Contacts -- Sliding Stability Within Foundations -- STABILITY FOLLOWING FAULT DISPLACEMENT -- EVALUATION OF CRITERIA -- Present Criteria -- Deformation-Based Criteria -- Probability-Based Criteria -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Earthquake engineering for concrete dams
• ISBN: 1-280-21221-7; 9786610212217; 0-309-59498-7; 0-585-15540-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828980303321
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