The paper focuses on the rapid drawdown of earth dams in the hypothesis that a prompt
reservoir lowering is needed soon after a strong earthquake. The interest on such a topic …

A number of constitutive models are nowadays implemented in numerical codes which
simulate the stress–strain behaviour of soil from very small to large strain. In this paper, the …

The dynamic response analysis of high earth-rockfill dams mostly only considers the vertical
incidence of seismic waves. However, due to the randomness and uncertainty of …

In this study, new empirical predictive relationships for earthquake-induced crest settlement
of earth-core rockfill dams (ECRDs) were developed. A case history database of 19 dams …

The reasonable selection of dynamic parameters of earth-rock dams is very important for the
seismic safety assessment of dams. Because of the size effects, the parameters acquired …

In the geotechnical field, the risk related to slope instabilities or collapse of geotechnical
structures are increasingly being faced by early warning systems, capable of:(1) predicting …

A new adaptive method for deformation modelling of structures based on finite elements is
developed under specified conditions in this paper. The continuity condition of deformation …

Passive stabilization is a new ground improvement technique against liquefaction. It consists
of the low pressure injection of colloidal silica in the pores of a liquefiable soil. After well …

The main framework of the current study is the dynamic time-history analyses by applying
actual near-fault earthquake records to the bedrocks of Gheshlagh Oleya and Jamishan …

ABSTRACT The Conza Dam is a rare case in literature of a zoned earth dam that during the
construction stage (started in the 1979 and finished in 1988) was subjected to a very strong …