Location

St. Louis, Missouri

Presentation Date

30 Apr 1981, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Abstract

Dynamic shear strain distribution have been evaluated and illustrated for three dimensional earthdam models. The analysis method applied here is a simplified finite element method, which has proved to give vibration modes of an earthdam to a satisfactory level of accuracy by involving a smaller number of degrees of freedom. Mass and stiffness matrices of a dam have been formulated for two types of the shear modulus distribution, one uniform and the other linearly increasing with depth below the crest. Both magnitude and location of the maximum shear strain have been discussed in relation to topography of dam sites.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Meeting Name

1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Document Version

Final Version

Rights

© 1981 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.

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Article - Conference proceedings

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text

Language

English

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Analysis of Dynamic Shear Strain Distributed in Three Dimensional Earthdam Models

St. Louis, Missouri

Dynamic shear strain distribution have been evaluated and illustrated for three dimensional earthdam models. The analysis method applied here is a simplified finite element method, which has proved to give vibration modes of an earthdam to a satisfactory level of accuracy by involving a smaller number of degrees of freedom. Mass and stiffness matrices of a dam have been formulated for two types of the shear modulus distribution, one uniform and the other linearly increasing with depth below the crest. Both magnitude and location of the maximum shear strain have been discussed in relation to topography of dam sites.