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Seismic Safety of Rockfill Dams

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Reliability Theory and Its Application in Structural and Soil Mechanics

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 70))

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A probabilistic version of the Simplified Bishop Method is developed and used to calculate seismic fragility curves of dams that fail due to excessive permanent deformation. Many sources of uncertainty are considered: the dynamic amplification of peak acceleration, the strength parameters on the slip surface, the elevation of the phreatic line and the distribution of pore pressure, the permanent deformation of each wedge at the end of the motion, and various errors from simplifying mechanical assumptions.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

    Daniele Veneziano

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  1. Professor of Applied Mathematics at Aalborg University Centre Aalborg, Denmark

    P. Thoft-Christensen

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Veneziano, D. (1983). Seismic Safety of Rockfill Dams. In: Thoft-Christensen, P. (eds) Reliability Theory and Its Application in Structural and Soil Mechanics. NATO ASI Series, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6896-7_10

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