USSD Guidelines on Analysis of Seismic Deformations of Embankment Dams
Publication: Geo-Congress 2024
ABSTRACT
It is now widely recognized that earthquake damage of an embankment dam is closely related to a dam’s earthquake-induced deformations and that reliable estimates of seismic deformations are essential to evaluating the seismic stability of dams. Numerical analyses of embankment seismic deformations are now routinely applied in the design of new dams and in the evaluation of existing dams, and nonlinear effective stress analyses are gaining wide appreciation within the engineering profession as a useful tool for the seismic stability analysis of embankment dams. This paper provides an overview of the guidelines recently developed by the Earthquakes Committee of the United States Society on Dams (USSD) for the analysis of seismic deformations of embankment dams. The guidelines provide an overview of current approaches for the evaluation of seismic deformations of embankment dams and best practices for the numerical analysis of seismic deformations and the interpretation of analysis results.
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Geo-Congress 2024
Pages: 152 - 161
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Published online: Feb 22, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Continuum mechanics
- Dams
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Earthquake engineering
- Earthquakes
- Embankment dams
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geotechnical engineering
- Numerical analysis
- Seismic design
- Seismic effects
- Seismic tests
- Solid mechanics
- Stress (by type)
- Stress analysis
- Structural analysis
- Structural engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Tests (by type)
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