According to the general guidelines of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) regarding structural safety and health monitoring, the performance of dams under operational/ambient vibrations and during seismic ...

The continuous displacement monitoring is essential for the safety control of large dams. It should be based on the comparison between numerical model results and monitoring data, e.g. observed displacements using plumb ...

In this paper the seismic response of a large arch dam (290 m high), located in a high seismicity region, is analysed. The goal is to study the influence of the reservoir water level in the dam’s dynamic response under ...

This paper focuses on the experience gathered from the continuous dynamic monitoring of Cahora Bassa dam, a 170 m high arch dam in Mozambique, over the past decade. The installed Seismic and Structural Health Monitoring ...

In this study, a novel computational modeling strategy is proposed to estimate the lateral load capacity and behavior of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures. All commonly noted failure mechanisms are captured via the ...

This study proposes an alternative approach to modeling the failure mechanisms of brickwork assemblages under combined shear–compression, shear–tension (parallel to bed joints), and compression–flexural loadings using the ...

Today, there are several computational models to predict the mechanical behaviour of masonry structures subjected to external loading. Such models require the input of material parameters to describe the mechanical behaviour ...

In this paper three historical masonry minarets in Istanbul, Turkey, are assessed for the dependency between the input harmonic motion and structural response parameters. Their heights are 40, 73 and 74 m, while the ...

The characterization of the dynamic behavior of an arch dam, and its evolution throughout the structure's lifetime, provides important data for the safety control process. Forced vibration tests remain a reliable technique ...

Discrete element models are a powerful tool for the analysis of masonry, given their ability to represent the discontinuous nature of these structures, and to simulate the most common deformation and failure modes. In ...