Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
06 Apr 1995, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Abstract
The under construction Karameh dam is situated in the Dead Sea Rift (32.00°N, 35.50°E), the boundary between the Arabian and African-Sinai plates. The primary seismic source contributing to the hazard at the Karameh dam site is the active Jordan Valley fault which extends from the Dead Sea to the Sea of Galilee (from 30.90°N to 32.93°N at a longitude of 35.50°E), with an expected maximum earthquake magnitude of 7.8, and passes under the right abutment of the dam body. This paper presents the analysis of the dam under the earthquake loading. This includes the stability analysis of dam embankment under seismic loading, the expected displacement of the dam body, and the liquefaction potential and its associated displacement. The results of analysis indicate that the dam can resist an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 without catastrophic failure, and the fault rupture will not exceed 4.0 m. Also, liquefaction may occur in the foundation layers, which is expected to result in a crest settlement of 4.4 m.
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
Husein, Abdallah I.; Liang, Robert Y.; and Nusairat, Jamal H., "Karameh Earth Dam, A Challenging Project" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 4.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session06/4
Included in
Karameh Earth Dam, A Challenging Project
St. Louis, Missouri
The under construction Karameh dam is situated in the Dead Sea Rift (32.00°N, 35.50°E), the boundary between the Arabian and African-Sinai plates. The primary seismic source contributing to the hazard at the Karameh dam site is the active Jordan Valley fault which extends from the Dead Sea to the Sea of Galilee (from 30.90°N to 32.93°N at a longitude of 35.50°E), with an expected maximum earthquake magnitude of 7.8, and passes under the right abutment of the dam body. This paper presents the analysis of the dam under the earthquake loading. This includes the stability analysis of dam embankment under seismic loading, the expected displacement of the dam body, and the liquefaction potential and its associated displacement. The results of analysis indicate that the dam can resist an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 without catastrophic failure, and the fault rupture will not exceed 4.0 m. Also, liquefaction may occur in the foundation layers, which is expected to result in a crest settlement of 4.4 m.
