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Dynamic interaction effects in arch dams

Clough, Ray W.; Chang, K. T.; Chen, Huo-Qun; Ghanaat, Yusof

UCB/EERC-85/11, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1985-10, 65 pages (540/C593/1985)

This report summarizes the results obtained and the conclusions drawn from a four-year cooperative research project on "Interaction Effects in the Seismic Response of Arch Dams," performed under the U.S.-China Protocol for Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Earthquake Studies, by research organizations from both countries. The central feature of the research was correlation of field measurements of the forced vibration response of two arch dams in Chia, Xiang Hong Dian and Quan Shui, with corresponding results predicted by computer analyses; the principal emphasis of the work was the effects induced by dynamic interaction of the foundation rock and the reservoir water with the response of the dams. Results and conclusions are presented and proposals for further studies are made.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-85-11.pdf (4 MB)