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Gravity Dams

Gravity Dams is a type of dam structure that relies on its weight to resist the horizontal force of water by transferring the load to the foundation through gravity, distinguishing it from other dam types that depend on alternative structural forms or materials for stability.

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Floods from dam failures

John E. Costa · Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World · 1985 · 356 citations · Full text

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Concrete dam deformation prediction model for health monitoring based on extreme learning machine

Fei Kang, Jia Liu, Junjie Li et al. · Structural Control and Health Monitoring · 2017 · 242 citations

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Hydrodynamic Pressures on Dams During Earthquakes

Anil K. Chopra · Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division · 1967 · 222 citations

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Effects of near-fault and far-fault ground motions on nonlinear dynamic response and seismic damage of concrete gravity dams

Sherong Zhang, Gaohui Wang · Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering · 2013 · 187 citations

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Seismic evaluation of concrete dams via continuum damage models

Miguel Cervera, J. Oliver, Rui Faria · Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics · 1995 · 173 citations · Full text

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Authors

733

  1. AK
    Anil K. Chopra

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    26 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. GW
    Gaohui Wang

    Wuhan University, China

    27 publications · 1.5K citations

    22

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  3. PL
    Pierre Léger

    Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

    20 publications · 791 citations

    17

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  4. WL
    Wenbo Lu

    Wuhan University, China

    18 publications · 690 citations

    17

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  5. SZ
    Sherong Zhang

    Tianjin University, China

    11 publications · 929 citations

    11

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Institutions

262

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    23 h-index

    46 publications

    3K citations

  2. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    21 h-index

    92 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. Hohai University

    Nanjing, China

    18 h-index

    70 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Tianjin University

    Tianjin, China

    15 h-index

    51 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Polytechnique Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Dalian University of Technology

    Dalian, China

    14 h-index

    47 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    822 citations

  8. Marymount University

    Arlington, United States

    13 h-index

    14 publications

    604 citations

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Venues

  1. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

    45 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. Engineering Structures

    30 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Structural Engineering

    19 publications · 946 citations

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  4. Engineering Failure Analysis

    18 publications · 747 citations

    17

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  5. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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