Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs
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Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs

About this book

With contributions from many distinguished specialists from around the world, Earthquake Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs addresses all topics that will be of interest to students and professionals involved in the inspection or design of dams in seismic areas. Over recent years, research has developed rapidly in response to incidents worldwide where earthquakes have, either directly or indirectly, affected dams or their appurtenant structures. This title brings relevant data together in one well-collated volume of need-to-know information. It will help you to make decisions on the type of dam structure required for new projects and understand the issues that face existing dams and how to mitigate them.

With international case studies, in full colour, from regions with differing seismic activity levels, this book features coverage of:

  • plate tectonics
  • seismic input parameters
  • reservoir triggered seismicity
  • seismic design and performance criteria
  • dams of various types including rockfill, concrete, earthfill, liquefaction, dams of hydraulic fill and tailing dams
  • dams on active faults
  • spillways, gates and equipment
  • earthquake-triggered landslides, rockfalls, seismic seiches and instrumentation.

This is essential reading for any engineer, or designer, tasked with building, retrofitting or maintaining dams in all seismically active regions. It will also appeal to dam owners and managers, writers of feasibility studies and students of engineering.

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Table of contents

  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. About the editor
  7. About the contributors
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 2 Earthquakes – an overview
  11. Chapter 3 Seismic input parameters
  12. Chapter 4 Reservoir-triggered seismicity
  13. Chapter 5 Seismic design criteria
  14. Chapter 6 Choice of dam type
  15. Chapter 7 Seismic design of rockfill dams
  16. Chapter 8 Concrete dams
  17. Chapter 9 Earthfill dams
  18. Chapter 10 Dams with asphaltic membranes or cores
  19. Chapter 11 Dams with PVC membranes
  20. Chapter 12 Liquefaction
  21. Chapter 13 Dams built with hydraulic fill
  22. Chapter 14 Tailings dams
  23. Chapter 15 Dams on active faults
  24. Chapter 16 Appurtenant structures and equipment
  25. Chapter 17 Earthquake-triggered landslides
  26. Chapter 18 Rockfalls
  27. Chapter 19 Seismic seiches and displacement waves
  28. Chapter 20 Instrumentation and post-earthquake inspections
  29. Chapter 21 Conclusions
  30. Index