In this study, stochastic seismic response of a rock-fill dam is investigated by finite element method. The Keban dam constructed in Elazığ, Turkey is chosen as a numerical example. The interaction of the rock-fill dam with the reservoir is neglected, but not the foundation rock. The properties of the dam materials were taken from the dam project and assumed to be linearly elastic, homogenous a...

A dam may fail when the loading (overtopping flood, flow through or beneath the dam, earthquake or blasting loading, terrorist attacks, deterioration etc.) exceeds the resistance against overtopping, internal erosion, slope instability, sliding/overturning, excessive deformation etc. To properly describe the causes of dam failures, it is necessary to study characteristics of the dams which have...

In-situ cast concrete deep foundation elements are common in Hong Kong for supporting high-rise buildings. If the quality and structural integrity of these foundation elements are in doubt, the safety of buildings will be jeopardised. Traditionally, a static loading test is the only effective way to verify the loading capacity of a foundation element. In this test, a pile is required to withsta...

The 2020 Jiashi Mw 6.0 earthquake occurred at the Kepingtage fold-and-thrust belt in South Tianshan front, Northwestern China. ground shaking caused extensive co-seismic deformation of Xiker dam meizoseismal area. We obtained strata distribution characteristics foundation through drilling. Using laboratory and situ tests, particle size distribution, standard penetration, shear wave velocity eac...