Abstract: A span‐wise variation of nonlinear hydrodynamic pressures on dams during earthquakes was studied using a finite‐difference approximation of Euler's equations coupled with the nonlinear free‐surface boundary condition. The ...

Abstract: A finite‐difference analysis was employed to calculate nonlinear hydrodynamic pressures on vertical and inclined faces of dams. Two idealized ground accelerations and an actual earthquake excitation were used as the ...