Abstract: This paper examines the nonlinear earthquake response of earth dams, using a model that considers the deformability of the surrounding medium and effects of spatial variation of the seismic excitation. A finite-element ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the seismic response of earth and rockfill dams, using elastic models that consider the deformability of the surrounding medium and effects of spatial variation of the seismic excitation. A ...

Abstract: The objective of this work is to examine the dynamics of soil-structure systems supported on isolated spread footings, in contradistinction with the rigid basemat often used in soil-structure interaction (SSI) studies. By ...