Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams

Design, Performance, and Research Needs

von Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Earthquake Engineering, Panel on Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation

158 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• ISBN: 9780309043366
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.1991
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: National Academies Press