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Hydrodynamic pressures on rigid dams during earthquakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

Philip L.-F. Liu
Philip L.-F. Liu
Affiliation:
Joseph H. DeFrees Hydraulics Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Abstract

The hydrodynamic pressures acting on the surface of a rigid dam during earthquakes are examined both analytically and numerically by a two-dimensional potential-flow theory. Analytical solutions are obtained for the cases where the inclined upstream dam face has a constant slope and the reservoir has a triangular shape. A general numerical scheme via an integral-equation formulation is also presented for complex geometries. Analytical and numerical solutions are compared with experimental data (Zangar 1953) with good agreement.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 165 , April 1986 , pp. 131 - 145
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© 1986 Cambridge University Press

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