Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams:

Design, Performance, and Research Needs

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Publication Year:1990

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Panel on Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams, Committee on Earthquake Engineering, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, National Research Council
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The hazard posed by large dams has long been known. Although no concrete dam has failed as a result of earthquake activity, there have been instances of significant damage. Concerns about the seismic safety of concrete dams have been growing ...
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Front Matter	i-x
Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
1. Introduction	9-15	(skim)
2. Earthquake Input	16-35	(skim)
3. Analysis of Linear Response	36-60	(skim)
4. Nonlinear Analysis and Response Behavior	61-79	(skim)
5. Experimental and Observational Evidence	80-103	(skim)
6. Recommended Criteria for Evaluating Seismic Performance	104-126	(skim)
References	127-144	(skim)

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The hazard posed by large dams has long been known. Although no concrete dam has failed as a result of earthquake activity, there have been instances of significant damage. Concerns about the seismic safety of concrete dams have been growing recently because the population at risk in locations downstream of major dams continues to expand and because the seismic design concepts in use at the time most existing dams were built were inadequate.
In this book, the committee evaluates current knowledge about the earthquake performance of concrete dams, including procedures for investigating the seismic safety of such structures. Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams specifically informs researchers about state-of-the-art earthquake analysis of concrete dams and identifies subject areas where additional knowledge is needed.

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Design, Performance, and Research Needs

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