Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
06 Apr 1995, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Abstract
Accumulation of knowledge on earthquake activity in California has lead to stronger ground motions being postulated for the evaluation of the seismic stability of dams. A recent regional seismicity study for a 555 ft high earth and rockfill dam in central California lead to a ground motion with peak ground acceleration (PGA) of 0.50g originating in a local fault system 3 miles from the dam site. This PGA is more than 6 times higher than the PGA=0.08g value originally adopted when the Dam was analyzed for seismic stability 20 years ago. Thus, as part of FERC Part 12 evaluation requirements, the seismic stability of the Dam was re-evaluated using the updated ground motion and state-of-the-practice technology. This paper presents the analysis procedures and the results.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1995 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Deng, N.; Ostadan, F.; Arango, I.; and Marrone, J., "Seismic Stability Analysis of a High Earth and Rockfill Dam" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 12.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session06/12
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Seismic Stability Analysis of a High Earth and Rockfill Dam
St. Louis, Missouri
Accumulation of knowledge on earthquake activity in California has lead to stronger ground motions being postulated for the evaluation of the seismic stability of dams. A recent regional seismicity study for a 555 ft high earth and rockfill dam in central California lead to a ground motion with peak ground acceleration (PGA) of 0.50g originating in a local fault system 3 miles from the dam site. This PGA is more than 6 times higher than the PGA=0.08g value originally adopted when the Dam was analyzed for seismic stability 20 years ago. Thus, as part of FERC Part 12 evaluation requirements, the seismic stability of the Dam was re-evaluated using the updated ground motion and state-of-the-practice technology. This paper presents the analysis procedures and the results.
