Abstract: A simplified procedure is presented to determine the maximum earthquake forces in intake‐outlet towers directly from the design earthquake spectrum without the need for a response‐history analysis. All the significant ...

Abstract: The dynamic response of Briones Dam Intake Tower to Taft ground motion is presented for various cases: rigid and flexible foundation rock, with and without water. Study of these response results demonstrates that the ...

Abstract: The linear responses of idealized intake‐outlet towers to harmonic ground motion are presented for a range of parameters characterizing the tower geometry, surrounding and inside water, and foundation‐soil system. Based ...

Abstract: A simplified analysis procedure is developed to determine the maximum earthquake forces in intake‐outlet towers directly from the design earthquake spectrum without the need for a response history analysis. All the significant ...

Abstract: For the preliminary phase of design or safety evaluation of intake‐outlet towers, the hydrodynamic interaction effects can be most simply represented in earthquake response analysis by added hydrodynamic mass distributed ...